PARIS The Gaia space probe on Monday unveiled its latest discoveries in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious “starquakes” which sweep across the fiery giants like vast tsunamis.The mission’s third data set, which was released to eagerly waiting astronomers around the world at 1000 GMT,
BERLIN — The European Space Agency released a trove of data Monday on almost 2 billion stars in the Milky Way, collected by its Gaia space observatory in an effort
Today, ESA's Gaia mission has opened its treasure trove of new data about our own galaxy. Astronomers, including Professor Conny Aerts from KU Leuven, describe strange 'starquakes', stellar DNA, asymmetric movements and other fascinating insights in