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Stay tuned to Gaia's mission updates on the way mapping the Galaxy
May 2, 2024
Gaia detects the most massive black hole of stellar origin in the Milky WayThe discovery of Gaia-BH3 is just one example of what Gaia data will provide us in the coming years.
Gaia and amateur astronomers spot one in a billion star
The Gaia satellite has discovered a unique binary system where one star is ‘eating’ the other, a tool for understanding how binary stars might explode.
July 17, 2015
Gaia mission discovers its first supernova
Gaia has discovered its first supernova while scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy.
March 11, 2015