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The ESA has announced that Gaia's primary mission is coming to an end. The spacecraft's fuel is running low, and…
The amazing Gaia mission to chart stars in the Milky Way Galaxy is also an expert asteroid hunter. Now, astronomers…
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Using data from DR3, a team of Chinese researchers have predicted thousands of future microlensing events!
The ESA's Gaia mission is releasing a new tranche of astronomical data. The mission has released three regular, massive hauls…
The ESA launched Gaia in 2013 with one overarching goal: to map more than one billion stars in the Milky…