CREDIT ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
Got a telescope? Bid farewell to ESA’s retiring Milky Way mapper
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/18/esa_gaia_mapping/
Gaia, the European Space Agency’s ambitious Milky Way mapper, has wrapped up its sky-scanning mission after a decade of groundbreaking work. In that time, it has gathered over three trillion observations, providing invaluable data about our galaxy. This achievement marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the cosmos and highlights the importance of such missions in expanding our knowledge of the universe.