Gaia

Astronomers Find a Planet Using Gaia DataAstronomers Find a Planet Using Gaia Data

Astronomers Find a Planet Using Gaia Data

The ESA's Gaia mission is our most accurate star-measuring spacecraft. It's busy mapping the positions and radial velocities of one…

2 years ago
Not Just Stars. Gaia Mapped a Diverse and Shifting Universe of Variable ObjectsNot Just Stars. Gaia Mapped a Diverse and Shifting Universe of Variable Objects

Not Just Stars. Gaia Mapped a Diverse and Shifting Universe of Variable Objects

We've reported on Gaia's incredible data-collection abilities in the past. Recently, it released DR3, its latest data set, with over…

2 years ago
How Do Stars Get Kicked Out of Globular Clusters?How Do Stars Get Kicked Out of Globular Clusters?

How Do Stars Get Kicked Out of Globular Clusters?

Globular clusters are densely-packed collections of stars bound together gravitationally in roughly-shaped spheres. They contain hundreds of thousands of stars.…

2 years ago
Astronomers Find a Sun-like Star Orbiting a Nearby Black HoleAstronomers Find a Sun-like Star Orbiting a Nearby Black Hole

Astronomers Find a Sun-like Star Orbiting a Nearby Black Hole

Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of astronomers has detected a Sun-like star that co-orbits with a dormant…

2 years ago
Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!

Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!

The third Gaia Data Release (DR3) has been released, and is already leading to some major breakthroughs in astronomy!

3 years ago
ESA is About to Release its Third Giant Data Release From GaiaESA is About to Release its Third Giant Data Release From Gaia

ESA is About to Release its Third Giant Data Release From Gaia

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia Observatory is a mission dedicated to astrometry, a branch of astronomy where the velocity…

3 years ago
Gaia is an Even More Powerful Planet Hunter Than we ThoughtGaia is an Even More Powerful Planet Hunter Than we Thought

Gaia is an Even More Powerful Planet Hunter Than we Thought

Utilizing tools for purposes they weren’t initially intended for is a strength of the astronomical community. Scrounging through data collected…

3 years ago

Thanks to Gaia, Astronomers are Able to Map Out Nebulae in 3D

In this 2D image of nebulae in the Orion Molecular Complex, the submillimetre-wavelength glow of dust clouds is overlaid on…

3 years ago
ESA’s Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWSTESA’s Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWST

ESA’s Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWST

Oh, hello there new neighbor!  In February, the Gaia spacecraft took a picture of its new closest companion in space…

3 years ago
Our Part of the Galaxy is Packed with Binary StarsOur Part of the Galaxy is Packed with Binary Stars

Our Part of the Galaxy is Packed with Binary Stars

Binary star systems are everywhere. They make up a huge percentage of all known solar systems: from what we can…

4 years ago