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Gaia's Farewell Gift Is The Best Milky Way Map We've Ever Seen
We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.
Techno-Science on MSN8d
It's the end for Gaia: the mapping of the Milky Way comes to an end
The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...
ESA spacecraft creating '3D map of the Milky Way' to be shut down
The ESA will conduct technology tests for several weeks after Gaia’s observations end, before the spacecraft leaves its orbit ...
X-ray echoes reveal 3D structure of molecular clouds in our galaxy's center
Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...
Space.com13d
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
Issues delivered straight to your door "I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." ...
ESA spacecraft Gaia releases the best Milky Way map before shutting down after 12 years
The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of ...
ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Wraps Up Revolutionary Milky Way Mapping Mission
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
SiliconRepublic12d
Earth bids farewell to ESA’s Gaia spacecraft
The ESA will passivate Gaia on 27 March 2025, the one-of-a-kind observatory craft that unravelled many of the Milky Way's ...