By that metric, the ESA's Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The result is an unprecedented large-scale 3D map of the galaxy. And that map shows that the edges of the Milky way bend slightly, giving it a warped S shape. "Our map shows the Milky Way disk is ...

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

In their study published Thursday in the journal Science, they showed that by measuring the distance between classical Cepheid variable stars within the galaxy, they could develop a three-dimensional ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... [+] detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom ...

Issues delivered straight to your door "I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

part of the Milky Way Laboratory led by Associate Professor of Physics Cara Battersby, developed a new X-ray tomography method to make 3D maps of two galactic center molecular clouds dubbed the ...

Gaia space telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map of billions of stars in our galaxy and has flipped astronomers' understanding of the Milky Way on its head. After more than a ...