Gaia’s all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighbouring galaxies, based on measurements of nearly…
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Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the nearest galaxies to our Milky Way, as viewed…
Parallax and proper motion
Simulated motion of a star in the sky caused by the combination of parallax, an apparent…
The Hyades cluster
Animated 3D view of the sky as observed by ESA’s Gaia satellite using information from the…
Fly between Gaia stars
A virtual flight that takes the viewer from the Solar System through our Milky Way Galaxy.…
Gaia’s first asteroid survey
Animated view of the 14 099 asteroids in our Solar System, as viewed by ESA’s Gaia satellite…
TU Delft E|A|S (Evolving Asteroid Starships) project
A group of students and researchers at Delft University of Technology are designing a starship capable…
Shake those wings
The solar arrays that will provide electricity to the Orion spacecraft were put through launch-day paces…
Orion solar wing tested
The solar arrays Orion will use to produce electricity are being tested at ESA’s technical heart
Orion solar wing tested
The solar arrays Orion will use to produce electricity are being tested at ESA’s technical heart