ESA has taken a “galactic census” of the Milky Way, unveiling the second major data release from the Gaia mission. The data release provides the most detailed map of our home galaxy, which ...

A new map of the galaxy, the most precise to date, reveals positions on the sky for over 1 billion stars both within and beyond the Milky Way. This new galactic atlas, courtesy of the European ...

The Milky Way just got a little more crowded. ESA's Gaia ... Oh, hey, Milky Way: Gaia reveals map of more than 1 billion stars in our galaxy. By Amina Khan . Sept. 15, 2016 8:25 PM PT .

The European Space Agency released a new map of nearly 1.7 billion stars from the Gaia spacecraft, giving the best-ever view of the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies in color.

ESO's VST helps determine the spacecraft's orbit to enable the most accurate map ever of more than a billion stars Gaia, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA, surveys the sky from orbit to ...

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City ...

The Gaia space telescope creates the most comprehensive map of the Milky Way, allowing astronomers to study our galaxy's distant past, as well as its future.

The Gaia Mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) is on its way to help map one of the most significant galaxies in space, and it is within the Milky Way's region.

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us groundbreaking insights into our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service. This spacecraft, dedicated to mapping the Milky Way, has exhausted its ...

Launched in 2013, Gaia’s primary goal was to reveal the history and structure of the Milky Way by building the most precise, three-dimensional map of the positions and velocities of a billion stars.