In a groundbreaking study published in The Astrophysical Journal, scientists have uncovered an unusual star cluster called ...

The Gaia star surveyor has identified strange behavior in a group of stars rushing to escape their birthplace, unlike any others observed.

On March 27, 2025, ESA’s control team at the European Space ... end of its mission sounds like a simple enough job,” said Gaia Spacecraft Operator Tiago Nogueira, “but spacecraft really ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family of stars all strangely eager to leave home – a family ...

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is ...

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance. The spacecraft, which has been creating a highly detailed three ...

Credit: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Acknowledgement: A. Moitinho The European Space Agency (ESA) has said goodbye to Gaia, its "billion star surveyor." ...

Data from Europe's Gaia spacecraft have revealed that a cluster of 1,000 stars is breaking up much faster than is normal, ...

To avoid causing any problems for the new kids on the block, the ESA's team on the ground ordered Gaia's engines to give a final push on Thursday that will take the spacecraft into a distant orbit ...

Credit: ESA/ATG medialab; background: ESO/S. Brunier On March 27, scientists bid farewell to the Gaia telescope, bringing to a close its groundbreaking 11-year mission of mapping the Milky Way and ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia mission has spotted an unusual family ... spectroscopic observations needed to make it work," adds ESA Gaia Project Scientist Johannes Sahlmann.