Using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space telescope, scientists have created the most precise three-dimensional map of star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. This map will ...

Data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space telescope has enabled scientists to create the most precise three-dimensional map of star formation regions in the Milky Way. This map will help ...

The earliest astronomers were careful observers of patterns.

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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. Since ...