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The most successful space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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ESA Shuts Down Gaia Spacecraft After Decade of Groundbreaking Cosmic Research
ESA shuts down Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade, leaving behind the most detailed legacy that will guide future ...
Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Galaxy Behind “Cosmic Tornado”
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The Best Space Telescope You Never Heard Of Just Shut Down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft . They told Gaia to shut ...
Star-mapping space telescope Gaia shut down after being in service for over a decade
Originally named Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics, Gaia was conceived with the aim of mapping the cosmos, ...
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Bidding Farewell to Gaia: The Telescope That Recharted the Stars
The European Space Agency has retired its groundbreaking Gaia Spacecraft due to the depletion of its cold gas propellant.
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JWST Catches Lucky Alignment of the Cosmic Tornado and a Spiral Galaxy
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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
L2 is a highly prized location because it’s a stable spot ... three-dimensional map of our galaxy, the Milky Way. To do this, it measured the precise positions and motions of 1.46 billion ...
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 ...