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Taking the Galactic Census

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Gaia discovers its first supernova

Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 10:16

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/09/18/gaia-discovers-its-first-supernova/

While scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy, Gaia has discovered its first stellar explosion in another galaxy far, far away.

Gaia in your pocket – mapping the Galaxy with the new Gaia app

Monday, September 1, 2014 - 13:08

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/09/01/gaia-in-your-pocket-mapping-the-galaxy-with…

Mapping one billion stars in our Galaxy may seem like an impossible feat, but that’s exactly what ESA’s Gaia mission aims to do, with the ultimate goal of creating the largest, most precise 3D map of our Galaxy ever made.

Gaia in your pocket - mapping the Galaxy with the new Gaia app

Monday, September 1, 2014 - 13:08

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/09/01/gaia-in-your-pocket-mapping-the-galaxy-with…

Mapping one billion stars in our Galaxy may seem like an impossible feat, but that’s exactly what ESA’s Gaia mission aims to do, with the ultimate goal of creating the largest, most precise 3D map of our Galaxy ever made.

Asteroids at the “photo finish”

Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 07:00

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/07/03/asteroids-at-the-photo-finish/

Today’s Gaia blog post is contributed by Paolo Tanga, Associate Astronomer at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice (France).

Commissioning the Radial Velocity Spectrometer

Friday, June 27, 2014 - 12:27

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/06/27/commissioning-the-radial-velocity-spectrome…

Guest blog post by George Seabroke, RVS Payload Expert, on behalf of the team commissioning the RVS instrument.

Gaia takes science measurements

Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 12:04

http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2014/06/05/gaia-takes-science-measurements/

As part of the on-going commissioning tests, we are happy to be able to report on the first spectroscopy observations made by Gaia.

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