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.

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

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 ...

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

"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 ...

As humans do from their parents' homes and birds do from their nests, stars leave their so-called stellar nurseries once they ...

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, ...

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 ...

"Another is how the Gaia mission is creating opportunities for new collaborative and interdisciplinary science through its open data policy. Several members of the Ophion discovery team are ...