A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been accidentally captured by ...

For many years, it has been the astronomical space mission producing the most scientific papers. Since its launch in 2013, Gaia has released four batches of data, witch increasingly precise ...

The Gaia Observatory from the European Space Agency (ESA) has now been powered down and sent into a “retirement orbit” around the sun — but data from the mission will continue to be released ...

Pedro Pascal narrates a new space show at the American Museum of Natural History, exploring the Milky Way with visuals from ...

“ENTs are different beasts,” study lead author and astronomer Jason Hinkle explained in an accompanying statement. “Not only ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft concluded its sky-scanning mission after mapping the Milky Way for more ...

Astronomers have revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a 50/50 chance of colliding with its massive neighbor, the Andromeda ...

After more than a decade of delivering groundbreaking discoveries from the far reaches of our galaxy, the Gaia spacecraft officially completed its mission and was shut down on March 27 due to its ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On October 10, the European Space Agency (ESA) published some ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Adam McMaster, PhD Candidate, Astronomy, The Open ...

Since 2013, the European Space Agency’s Gaia probe has been doing just that. The mission’s latest result, Data Release 3, which came out two weeks ago, maps 1.8 billion stars in and around our ...

The European Space Agency this week unveiled the first set of data from Gaia, its latest mission to collect more information for the ESA Star Mapping project, a 3D galaxy map that helps us better ...