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Gaia Science Management Plan (SMP, pdf file)

Gaia Science Management Plan (SMP, pdf file) This page provides a link to /science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=40343 ...

The Yerkes 40 inch refractor telescope - 1897

Gaia and its launch vehicle adapter

The Gaia spacracraft with its hoisting mechanism and the launch vehicle adapter (on the right).

Gaia's sky in colour – preliminary map

Snail shell pattern in the velocity of stars - Gaia data

Gaia 1 and 2. A pair of new Galactic star clusters

Gaia 1 and 2. A pair of new Galactic star clusters Publication date: 23 September 2017 Authors: S. E. Koposov, V. Belokurov, & G. Torrealba Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal...

First Gaia Local Group Dynamics: Magellanic Clouds Proper Motion and Rotation

First Gaia Local Group Dynamics: Magellanic Clouds Proper Motion and Rotation Publication date: 13 December 2017 Authors: van der Marel, R.P., & Sahlmann, J. Journal:...

Triton stellar occultation 5/6 October 2017 - Mike Kretlow

Triton stellar occultation 5/6 October 2017 - Mike Kretlow This page provides a link to ...

DPAC Consortium Meeting – Leiden 16-20 November 2015

DPAC Consortium Meeting – Leiden 16-20 November 2015 This page provides a link to http://dpac2015.strw.leidenuniv.nl/index.html#home ...

Gaia in your pocket - mapping the Galaxy with the new Gaia app

Gaia in your pocket - mapping the Galaxy with the new Gaia app This page provides a link to ...

Gaia - Teamwork For A Billion Stars

Gaia - Teamwork For A Billion Stars This page provides a link to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9GYLcesPp0 ...

12 Einstein crosses

12 rare Einstein crosses discovered with Gaia

Thanks to ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and machine learning, astronomers have discovered 12 quasars whose light is so strongly deflected by foreground galaxies that they are each visible as...

Lensing explained

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First transiting exoplanet by Gaia

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Is the nearest star cluster to the Sun being destroyed?

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Gaia's view of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies

Bridge of stars

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Orbits of the nearby stars around the galaxy

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Gaia's new data takes us to the Milky Way's anticentre and beyond

The motion of stars in the outskirts of our galaxy hints at significant changes in the history of the Milky Way. This and other equally fascinating results come from a set of papers that...