ESA’s Gaia Will Explore Milky Way’s Origins

Credit: ESA
With the launch of Europe's Gaia star-mapping mission, scientists are one step closer to deciphering the history of the Milky Way, and to predicting how it might evolve in the future. Equipped with twin silicon-carbide telescopes built around a one-billion-pixel focal array—the largest ever built...

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