But its legacy lives on. Rendering of the Gaia telescope in space.Credit...ESA/ATG medialab; ESO, via S. Brunier Supported by By Katrina Miller From ancient star streams to the innards of white ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy. On 27 March ...

"We will never forget Gaia, and Gaia will never forget us." Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its final orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist impression of ESA's Gaia satellite observing the Milky Way. The background image of ...