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    ESA > Education

    Little Books of Gaia

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    Subject: science
    Level: primary, lower secondary
    Languages: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands
    Type: support materials
    Format: PDFs

    The Little Books of Gaia are A4-page-size summaries that cover different aspects of the Gaia mission and which can be folded into little booklets.

    Tales of the Universe - an introduction to astronomy.
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

    History of astrometry - What is astrometry? Why do we want to measure the distances to the stars? What techniques have astronomers used for this?
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

    The galaxy in which we live - How Gaia will revolutionise our understanding of astronomy and, in particular, how it will reveal the origin and evolution of our Milky Way galaxy.
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

    A 3-D tour of our galaxy - A three-dimensional journey to well-known stars and clusters in our galaxy.
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

    Everything you ever wanted to know about Gaia! - An answer to all those questions about Gaia that you wanted to ask.
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

    The search for planets - Gaia will find enormous numbers of other planets outside our Solar System. This booklet explains how.
    Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands

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