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Deep Dive Into the Dusty Milky Way

An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth. Based on new data from an interactive tool that exploits data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission and other space science data sets, astronomers have created an animation to ...

Troy Oakes

The dusty Milky Way

Gaia: When the Earth Becomes Home

Gaia is a high-performing living module both in terms of energy and indoor health, with an almost zero environmental impact. Printed in a few weeks thanks to its masonry, it does not need heating or an air conditioning system, as it maintains a mild and comfortable temperature inside both in winter and in summer. WASP, a studio based out of ...

Raven Montmorency

Gaia, a case study of a 3D printed house using natural materials from the surrounding area.

Breakthrough Helps Narrow the Search for Intelligent Life in the Milky Way

An analytical breakthrough that could significantly improve our chances of finding intelligent life in our galaxy has been discovered by a team at The University of Manchester. In new research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the researchers demonstrate a reanalysis of existing data that represents a new milestone in the Search for Extra-terrestrial ...

Troy Oakes

The ESA Gaia spacecraft.

Gaia Spots a ‘Ghost’ Galaxy

An international team of astronomers, including from the University of Cambridge, discovered the massive object when trawling through data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite. The object, named Antlia 2 (or Ant 2), has avoided detection until now thanks to its extremely low density as well as a perfectly chosen hiding place, behind the ...

Troy Oakes

Gaia Has Created the Richest Star Map of Our Galaxy and Beyond

A multitude of discoveries are on the horizon after a much-awaited release that is based on 22 months of charting the sky as part of Gaia’s mission to produce the largest, most precise three-dimensional map of our Galaxy ever created. The new data includes positions, distance indicators, and motions of more than 1 billion stars, along with ...

Troy Oakes