The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

Or does the star merely look reddish ... three-dimensional map of the extinction curve of dust in the Milky Way. This map was made possible by Zhang and Green's measurement of the extinction ...

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

Beijing, March 14 (IANS): An international of team astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the ...

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

The 3D map covers vast spatial scales, revealing close correlations between dust properties, star formation and the structure of the Milky Way. It provides critical insights for research in the ...