"I expect Gaia's best results are still to come." Night has fallen for the star-tracking European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft, Gaia. The mission, which has been mapping the Milky Way for the ...

When, in 2023, Star Wars: Ahsoka made it clear that much of the plot would hinge on finding missing pieces to the astronomical map, Star Wars fans heaved a collective deep sigh. Here we go again.

thanks to the way the planet's gravity drags its star around on its journey through space. The planet is the fourth world to be spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, which was ...