ESA Science & Technology - Gaia
Gaia is an ambitious mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, in the process revealing the composition, formation and evolution of the Galaxy.
ESA Science & Technology - 360° view of Gaia's sky
Sep 1, 2019 · Explore Gaia's all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighbouring galaxies in 360 degrees. The map, based on measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars, shows the total …
Gaia untangles the starry strings of the Milky Way
Aug 28, 2019 · Gaia was launched in 2013, and is on a mission to chart a three-dimensional map of our galaxy, pinpointing the locations, motions, and dynamics of roughly one percent of the …
ESA Science & Technology - Gaia's first sky map - European Space …
Sep 14, 2016 · An all-sky view of stars in our Galaxy – the Milky Way – and neighbouring galaxies, based on the first year of observations from ESA's Gaia satellite, from July 2014 to …
ESA Science & Technology - Gaia's new data takes us to the Milky …
Dec 3, 2020 · Computer models predicted that the disc of the Milky Way will grow larger with time as new stars are born. The new data allow us to see the relics of the 10 billion-year-old ancient …
ESA Science & Technology - Milky Way's warp caused by galactic ...
Mar 2, 2020 · Astronomers have pondered for years why our galaxy, the Milky Way, is warped. Data from ESA's star-mapping satellite Gaia suggest the distortion might be caused by an …
Galactic ghosts: Gaia uncovers major event in the formation of the ...
Oct 31, 2018 · ESA's Gaia mission has made a major breakthrough in unravelling the formation history of the Milky Way. Instead of forming alone, our Galaxy merged with another large …
ESA Science & Technology - Gaia's surprising discoveries – Part 1 …
Apr 20, 2018 · An immediate surprise was the discovery of a large population of stars that orbit the Milky Way in the opposite direction to most stars. These `ghost rider’ stars probably came …
ESA Science & Technology - Anatomy of the Milky Way
An artist's impression of our Milky Way galaxy, a roughly 13 billon-year-old 'barred spiral galaxy' that is home to a few hundred billion stars. On the left, a face-on view shows the spiral …
ESA Science & Technology - Gaia's billion-star map hints at …
Sep 14, 2016 · Gaia is an ESA mission to survey one billion stars in our Galaxy and local galactic neighbourhood in order to build the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way and answer …