After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

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

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

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 announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

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

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

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

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...

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

The European Space Agency (ESA) has said goodbye to Gaia, its "billion star surveyor." After nearly 11 years of celestial ...