Scientists found a fast-scattering star cluster called Ophion. Unlike usual clusters, it shows chaotic motion and breaks ...

and the orbital motion of a satellite balance each other. Gaia's primary goal was to map the positions and movements of over a billion stars within the Milky Way, creating the largest, most ...

The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is leaving behind a legacy of stunning discoveries that changed what we know about the universe. John Yang reports. Finally this ...

Using years’ worth of data from the ESA’s Gaia satellite, the release contains a huge amount of data about the position, movement, and brightness of over one billion stars. The motion of ...

On Thursday, March 27, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent the latest messages Gaia orbiting observatory. The prominent satellite was ordered to disconnect the communication systems and the central ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to the Milky Way — is being torn apart by its larger neighbor.

FROM ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all. In late March, mission specialists at the European Space Agency sent Gaia, which is low on fuel ...

Data from the Keck Observatory and ESA’s Gaia satellite indicate a high-speed celestial body that may eventually escape t... Astronomers has revealed a rare triple system in the Milky Way ...

Gaia has been peering into the universe from ... ESA engineers in Germany disconnected -- one-by-one -- all the satellite's systems that allow it to survive the perils of space, such as radiation ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to ...