The European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia mission has released a new star map of the Milky Way, giving us the most detailed view of our galaxy to date. Launched in December 2013 from Kourou, French Guiana, the mission of the Gaia space observatory is to create the largest and most detailed 3D space catalog in existence. To do this, it uses what the ESA calls the 'largest digital camera in the Solar System,' a one-billion-pixel camera made up of more than 200 CCD sensors. Gaia's sky in colour. Image p...
The European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia mission has released a new star map of the Milky Way, giving us the most detailed view of our galaxy to date. Launched in December 2013 from Kourou, French Guiana, the mission of the Gaia space observatory is to create the largest and most detailed 3D space catalog in existence. To do this, it uses what the ESA calls the 'largest digital camera in the Solar System,' a one-billion-pixel camera made up of more than 200 CCD sensors. Gaia's sky in colour. Image p...
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