The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

Aterrifying glimpse of a possible fate for our galaxy, the Milky Way, has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...

Gravity stretches out forever, but it’s not very strong. If protons and neutrons had to hang on to each other with gravity, ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...