Gaia Space Telescope

The sky of Gaia - in artificial colors. Photo: ESA/Gaia/DPAC

"Thanks to "Gaia" we know 1.7 billion stars in the Milky Way"

The spaceship Gaia. Figure: European Space Agency

"Gaia's data could enable breakthroughs in astronomy"

(Courtesy of Stefan Gissar and ESO, European Southern Observatory).

The Milky Way as never seen before

An artist's illustration of a Type Ia supernova. Source: European Space Agency.

Gaia discovered its first supernova 500 million light years away

European Space Agency poster depicting the Gaia mission

The end of the universe to the left - the Gaia spacecraft was launched to map the Milky Way

The spaceship Gaia. Figure: European Space Agency

The Gaia spacecraft is expected to revolutionize the understanding of the galaxy

The Gaia Space Telescope Assembly. European Space Agency

The Milky Way flows in Gaia's eyes