Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data
1 day ago · New research, published today, uses data collected by ESA's Gaia spacecraft to confirm the existence of two mysterious celestial objects. Gaia-4b is a 'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet, and Gaia-5b a ...
High-precision spectrograph confirms massive exoplanet orbiting …
1 day ago · Gaia-4b is also the first planet detected by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft using the astrometric technique. ... Discover the latest in science, tech, and space with over 100,000 ...
ESA - Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data
1 day ago · Gaia reveals two new mysterious celestial objects. New research, published today, uses data collected by ESA’s Gaia spacecraft to confirm the existence of two mysterious celestial objects. Gaia-4b is a ‘Super-Jupiter’ exoplanet, and Gaia-5b a brown dwarf. These massive objects are unexpectedly orbiting low-mass stars.
Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
11 hours ago · The first two planets to be discovered by Gaia, Gaia-1b and Gaia-2b, were both found when Gaia detected them transiting their star. The third planet, Gaia-3b, was a little more complicated in that ...
Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of …
Jan 15, 2025 · Goodnight, Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years mapping the Milky Way.
ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf
1 day ago · Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitational tug or ‘wobble’ the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a ...
Gaia Completes Its Stellar Odyssey, Leaving a Cosmic Legacy
4 days ago · The best Milky Way map, by Gaia: This is a new artist’s impression of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA’s Gaia space telescope. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar ... Artist’s impression of Gaia spacecraft in front of real Gaia image of the sky. Credit: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC ...
Galaxy-mapping Gaia Satellite Ends Science Operations
Jan 15, 2025 · After more than a decade in space, the European Gaia spacecraft will end its observations this week. Astronomers are still busy preparing final data blasts. During its 10.5-year mission Gaia has not produced a single image – but instead one …
Last starlight for Gaia as it completes sky-scanning mission phase
Jan 15, 2025 · The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 trillion observations of about 2 billion stars and other objects over ...
COSMOS Gaia Mission News - Gaia - Cosmos - European Space …
Since its launch in 2013, the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope has recorded stellar positions, distances, colors, and proper motions for nearly two billion stars in our galaxy.