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    Replay Gaia Data Release

    Replay Gaia Data Release

    Gaia’s new star catalogue has been unveiled. Watch a replay of the media briefing from ILA.
    Gaia data galore

    Gaia data galore

    Gaia has published its much awaited second data release, with high precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars
    Waiting for Gaia

    Waiting for Gaia

    Find out why scientists worldwide are excited about Gaia's new data and how it's going to impact all things astronomy
    Gaia’s first sky map

    Gaia’s first sky map

    ESA’s Gaia mission has published its first catalogue of a billion stars
    Sneak peek in colour

    Sneak peek in colour

    A preview of Gaia’s sky in colour provides a taste of the full-colour map of more than a billion stars that will be released next year
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    Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy – and beyond25 April 2018

    Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy – and beyond25 April 2018 ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy.

    Call for media: Second data release from ESA's Gaia mission19 April 2018

    Call for media: Second data release from ESA's Gaia mission19 April 2018 Media representatives are invited to a briefing on the second data release of ESA's Gaia mission, an astrometry mission to map more than one billion stars in our Galaxy, the Milky Way.

    Close encounters of the stellar kind31 August 2017

    Close encounters of the stellar kind31 August 2017 The movements of more than 300 000 stars surveyed by ESA’s Gaia satellite reveal that rare close encounters with our Sun might disturb the cloud of comets at the far reaches of our Solar System, sending some towards Earth in the distant future.

    Artificial brain helps Gaia catch speeding stars26 June 2017

    Artificial brain helps Gaia catch speeding stars26 June 2017 With the help of software that mimics a human brain, ESA’s Gaia satellite spotted six stars zipping at high speed from the centre of our Galaxy to its outskirts. This could provide key information about some of the most obscure regions of the Milky Wa...

    The future of the Orion constellation09 June 2017

    The future of the Orion constellation09 June 2017 A new video, based on measurements by ESA’s Gaia and Hipparcos satellites, shows how our view of the Orion constellation will evolve over the next 450 000 years.

    Gaia’s billion-star map hints at treasures to come14 September 2016

    Gaia’s billion-star map hints at treasures to come14 September 2016 The first catalogue of more than a billion stars from ESA’s Gaia satellite was published today – the largest all-sky survey of celestial objects to date.

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