An unprecedented endeavor to plot the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of the Milky Way galaxy is set for liftoff early tomorrow morning from the Spaceport following today’s go-ahead for ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite and NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the Ege University in Turkey and elsewhere have observed a galactic open cluster known as NGC 2506.

"Discovering something new is always a thrill for a scientist." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using Europe's Gaia space ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has found evidence of more than 350 previously unknown moons orbiting asteroids within our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is ...

This observatory has probably been the most transformative astronomy project of the 21st century, but there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of it. Just last week, for instance, the Hayden ...

The Soyuz launcher for an ambitious mission of developing the Milky Way’s most precise three-dimensional map is completing its basic build-up following mating of the vehicle’s Block I third stage in ...

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 was ...

Laura Nicole Driessen is an ambassador for the Orbit Centre of Imagination at the Rise and Shine Kindergarten, in Sydney's Inner West. Gaia has been the most successful ESA space mission ever, so why ...

"This discovery shows that there are many asteroid moons out there just waiting to be found." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...