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Gaia Unveils Most Detailed Map Yet of Milky Way, Completes Sky-Scanning Phase of Its Mission


Launched on December 19, 2013, the fuel tank of ESA’s star-mapping satellite Gaia is now approaching empty, but this is far from the end of the mission.

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