Data from ESA's Gaia mission has been used to create an 3D animated view of the Milky Way galaxy's stellar nurseries. CREDIT ...

After more than a decade of scanning the stars, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has officially gone silent. The Gaia shutdown marks the end of a groundbreaking mission but not the ...

ESA's Gaia mission has discovered the closest and 2nd closest black holes to Earth found yet. In this animation, travel to ...

This week saw the release of a treasure trove of data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission, a space-based observatory that is mapping out the Milky Way in three dimensions. The newly ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has completed its sky-scanning mission today after mapping the Milky Way for more than 10 years. Gaia has racked up more than three trillion ...

Although Earth is saying goodbye to the spacecraft this year, Gaia’s observations will result in two more data releases by 2030. On 27 March this year, the European Space Agency (ESA) will be saying ...

Scientists and astronomers around the globe were aflutter last year when an interstellar object called Oumuamua was discovered. The argument over the object spanned from if it was an asteroid or comet ...

The stars of our Milky Way are giving up their secrets to the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft and its stunning new star catalog. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...