The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are ...

The last commands have been sent to the ESA's Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...

Acknowledgement: A. Moitinho The European Space Agency (ESA) has said goodbye to Gaia, its "billion star surveyor." After nearly 11 years of celestial science—twice its planned ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially retired its Gaia spacecraft, after over ten years of data collection on our ...

After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

The ESA has finally shut down Gaia, its mind-blowing space mission to map the Milky Way. Despite its retirement, Gaia is far ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.