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May 2, 2024

Gaia detects the most massive black hole of stellar origin in the Milky Way

The discovery of Gaia-BH3 is just one example of what Gaia data will provide us in the coming years.

How’s the Gaia satellite doing?

Check the last article published by Ronald Drimmel on Gaia mission health and status.

October 30, 2015

Gaia in poetry book launch

Gaia in poetry arrives at your libraries. Come to its presentation next Nov. 12!

October 2, 2015

CU9 plenary meeting in Barcelona

CU9 members meet up in Barcelona to discuss the status and future steps of the Gaia mission.

September 29, 2015

Gaia Challenge III workshop at ICCUB of Universitat de Barcelona

Gaia Challenge III workshop took place at ICCUB facilities from August 31 to September 4 with almost 50 international participants.

September 9, 2015

Gaia’s first year of scientific observations

After launch on Dec. 19, 2013, Gaia celebrates its first year of scientific operations.

September 3, 2015

Gaia Workshop: bringing stellar exploration closer to students

Behave as an astronomer using the Gaia Workshop materials!

August 3, 2015

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

Two more videos released

"The Meaning of Light" and "Gaia movie, impressions from the AGIS meeting in Heidelberg" are now available.

July 7, 2015

Gaia’s first launch anniversary

One year later, and after being correctly inserted at Lagrange L2 point, Gaia is scanning the sky and cartographying some 40 million stars per day.

March 11, 2015