Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

The Milky Way-mapper Gaia telescope is being switched off today. The European Space Agency (ESA) said on March 27 that Gaia's ...

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement orbit" around the Sun on Thursday, the European Space Agency said.

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NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

"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.

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has officially begun its journey of cosmic exploration after successfully ejecting its dust ...