May 4, 2018

Thanks To Gaia We Now Know Exactly Where 1.7 Billion Stars Are In The Milky Way

The European Space Agency just dropped an enormous amount of data onto the scientific community. The location and position of 1.7 billion stars in the Milky Way.

Thanks To Gaia We Now Know Exactly Where 1.7 Billion Stars Are In The Milky Way (YouTube)

Comments (2)

Fraser Cain · May 4, 2018

Absolutely. That was one of the parts of the data release I was expecting to see, but didn't. Maybe they'll be releasing that separately?

Mark Steven · May 4, 2018

Just amazing how much data they can get out of Gaia. It’s going to be awesome when the data of exoplanets comes out!