On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud ejecting runaway stars. | ...

The Gaia space telescope has measured the acceleration of the Solar System when it orbits the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The Solar System motion relative to the stars agrees with the results by ...

The Gaia space telescope has spotted the dim companions of eight bright stars, suggesting we can expect new glimpses of distant planets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

It's almost become expected that many space telescopes and probes can have "extended missions." Both Voyagers are still ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using Europe's Gaia space telescope, astronomers have identified 55 runaway stars being ejected ...

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound. When ...

"Discovering something new is always a thrill for a scientist." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using Europe's Gaia space ...