The Gaia Mission Keeps Unlocking Secrets of the Galaxy Scott Marlette Jun 29, 2022 There are probably 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, stretched across space in a disk shaped like a ninja’s throwing star. It’s so big that, traveling at…
New Gaia data paint the most detailed picture yet of the Milky Way Kevin Colleran Jun 13, 2022 1.6 billion stars. 11.4 million galaxies. 158,000 asteroids. One spacecraft. The European Space Agency’s Gaia space observatory, which…
Image of James Webb snapped by the Gaia observatory Scott Marlette Mar 19, 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope doesn’t orbit the Earth as the Hubble Space Telescope does. Instead, it orbits the sun in a position called the second…
