They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
Euclid Space Telescope Unveils 26 Million Galaxies In Quest To Decode Dark Universe
The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has released its inaugural dataset, capturing images of 26 million galaxies and ...
Just 0.4% In, Euclid’s Dark Universe Map Already Reveals 26 Million Galaxies
Euclid has opened a new window to the cosmos with its first deep sky data release, revealing millions of galaxies, ...
‘Only 1% of universe’: Why Einstein Ring is one of the rarest phenomena discovered by humans
An Einstein ring is a circular appearance of light around a celestial object, caused by gravitational lensing. This occurs ...
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Dark Energy Might Be Changing – This Is What It Means For Our Understanding Of The Cosmos
T he universe is expanding at an accelerated rate and our current best theories to explain this is a mysterious form of ...
Webb Telescope Captures Incredible 'Einstein Ring' In Space; Here's All About The Phenomenon
NASA has shared an incredible image of an 'Einstein Ring' captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The picture features ...
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Space telescope Gaia 'retired'
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 to ...
Star-mapping space telescope Gaia shut down after being in service for over a decade
Originally named Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics, Gaia was conceived with the aim of mapping the cosmos, ...
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Star-mapping space telescope Gaia sent into ‘retirement orbit’
After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down ...
Space telescope Gaia sent into 'retirement' but legacy endures
Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...
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.
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Webb telescope spots galaxy at pivotal moment in the early universe
Webb, which was launched by NASA in 2022 and became operational in 2023, has begun to provide a deeper understanding of the early universe. It has spotted only four galaxies dating to slightly earlier ...