After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are ...

After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

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Today astronomers are saying goodbye to a remarkable spacecraft: a telescope that has observed nearly two billion stars in its 12-year life. The Gaia Observatory from the European Space Agency ...

March 27 (UPI) --The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering. A control team at the ESA's European Space Operations Center ...

"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.

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades ...