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

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array — a group of dozens of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert and the ...

Europe's space agency, ESA, has retired the Gaia satellite after more than nine years of service. Launched in 2013, Gaia ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...

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

Euclid has opened a new window to the cosmos with its first deep sky data release, revealing millions of galaxies, ...

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A radio-wave map of the Milky Way's turbulent center, taken with the MeerKAT telescope.

ESA shuts down Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade, leaving behind the most detailed legacy that will guide future ...

Deep in the galaxy’s central molecular zone (CMZ), surrounding the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center, clouds ...