Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cosmic mapmaker
Europe's space agency, ESA, has retired the Gaia satellite after more than nine years of service. Launched in 2013, Gaia ...
Space.com on MSN4d
Hold onto your hats! Is the 'blaze star' T Corona Borealis about to go boom?
"T Corona Borealis [T CrB] is a unique object that has fascinated amateur and professional astronomers for more than a ...
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Automatic Astrometry and Photometry Fitting for Intensity VLBI Maps
A Python-based tool for fitting components in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) intensity maps. This package retrieves both astrometry and photometry for each fitted component, offering an ...
The Indian Express3d
Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cartographer of the cosmos: Its mission & significance
Originally named Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (GAIA), the mission was renamed Gaia. Gaia was designed for astrometry, the science of mapping the cosmos, through precise ...
The New York Times4d
Farewell to Gaia, the Milky Way’s Cartographer
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on. After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft ...