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

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

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

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

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

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

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

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

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

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

Though once doubted, the EU's Gaia-X initiative for secure data spaces is now celebrating successful projects, according to ...