Gaia
The Milky Way is Still Rippling from a Galactic Collision Millions of Years Ago
Between 300 million and 900 million years ago, our Milky Way galaxy nearly collided with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. Data…
Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way
Using information from Gaia's second data release, a team of scientists have made refined measurements of the mass of the…
This is a 3D map of 400,000 Hot Massive Stars Located Within 10,000 Light-Years From the Sun, Thanks to Gaia!
The latest gem to come from the second release of Gaia data is a 3D map that shows the positions…
How Fast is the Universe Expanding? Hubble and Gaia Team Up to Conduct the Most Accurate Measurements to Date
A new study used data from both Hubble and Gaia in order to obtain the most precise measurements of cosmic…
Gaia Turns Up 13,928 White Dwarfs Nearby the Sun, Including Several Formed Through Mergers
Based on the 2nd Gaia Data Release, a team of astronomers were able to directly detect and compile information on…
One Bonus From the Gaia Data Release: the Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
In addition to revealing the proper motion of over a billion stars in the Milky Way, the 2nd data release…
The Brightest Star in the Sky, Sirius, was Hiding a Cluster of Stars. Found by Gaia
Thanks to the efforts of an amateur astronomer, the star cluster that was recently revealed by Gaia mission is now…
Gaia Looks Beyond our Galaxy to Other Islands of Stars
The latest scientific finds made from the first release of Gaia data include illuminating images of the Milky Way galaxy's…
Newly Discovered Star Cluster Analyzed by Gaia Probe
A new study by a team of international astronomers studies the newly-discovery Gaia 1 star cluster, resulting in new estimates…
Chinese Astronomers Spot Two New Hypervelocity Stars
A team of Chinese astronomers has just discovered two new hypervelocity stars, a rare type of star that is still…