European Gaia spacecraft is shut down, sent into 'retirement orbit' around the Sun
The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.
Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends
The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...
Star-mapping space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement orbit'
After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...
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Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on after a decade revealing the secrets of the ...
Gaia Telescope To Be Switched Off Today! ESA Prepares To Send It Into 'Retirement Orbit'
The Milky Way-mapper Gaia telescope is being switched off today. The European Space Agency (ESA) said on March 27 that Gaia's ...
Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.
Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cartographer of the cosmos: Its mission & significance
Gaia has transformed the way the Milky Way galaxy is viewed. Its data allowed scientists to recreate not just a 3D map of the ...
ESA's Gaia space telescope to be deactivated on Thursday
Gaia has collected data on billions of stars for more than ten years and will take years to analyze. It will be switched off ...
ESA desativa o telescópio Gaia, que criou o maior mapa da Via Láctea
A ESA anunciou nesta quinta (27) a desativação do telescópio Gaia, que passou mais de uma década revelando segredos da Via ...
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Adeus Gaia! ESA desliga sonda espacial ao fim de uma década de missão
Portugal esteve envolvido desde a génese da missão histórica, através de uma equipa coordenada pelo LIP – Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas.
Scientists Uncover a Galactic Encounter That May Have Changed Earth’s Climate
Millions of years ago, our Solar System sailed through the Orion Complex, part of the vast Radcliffe Wave structure. This ...
Astronomy's dirty window to space: A detailed map of dust in the Milky Way
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...