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 ...
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Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way's star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)
Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling stars. The image features a small region of the SMC near the center of NGC ...
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Farewell to Gaia, the spacecraft that mapped the Milky Way
After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.
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Here's Why We Still Don't Know How Many Solar Systems Are In The Milky Way
We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...