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Gaia telescope retires: Scientists bid farewell to 'the discovery machine of the decade' that mapped 2 billion Milky Way stars
After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...
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How do astronomers find distant planets ... if we can't see them?
Dune. Star Wars. Alien. Science fiction movies love alien worlds, and so do we. But how do scientists find planets outside ...
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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 ...
They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
It gave us the best map of the Milky Way. Now the Gaia spacecraft is orbiting into retirement
Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...
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ESA's Gaia space telescope retires—A look at its key milestones
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially retired its Gaia spacecraft, after over ten years of data collection on our ...
European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill
The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is ...
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end
The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are ...
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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
What did Gaia achieve? And perhaps most importantly, why was it my favourite space telescope? Gaia was retired for a simple reason: after more than 11 years in space, it ran out of the cold gas ...