Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way
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Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen it all. On Thursday, mission specialists at the European Space Agency will send Gaia, which is low on fuel, into orbit around the sun, and switch it…

Ancient Stars Found Near Sun Suggest Milky Way is Older Than Previously Thought

Ancient Stars Found Near Sun Suggest Milky Way is Older Than Previously Thought

ByNews Polite

A new study has revealed that the Milky Way’s thin disk may be much older than previously believed, thanks to the discovery of ancient stars located surprisingly close to our Sun. Researchers using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope have found that some of these stars formed…