Explained | What is the Gaia space mission and what has it revealed about the Milky Way?

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Munjal, D. (2026, November 1). Explained | What is the Gaia space mission and what has it revealed about the Milky Way? The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/explained-what-is-the-gaia-space-mission-and-what-has-it-revealed-about-the-milky-way/article65527518.ece

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The European Space Agency’s Gaia space mission recently released its third dataset, which includes detailed information on nearly 1.8 billion stars in the Milky Way. This release revealed unexpected "starquakes" and provided the largest chemical map of the galaxy, detailing properties like age, mass, and metal content for millions of stars. Additionally, the data offers insights into binary star systems, quasars, asteroids, and exoplanets.

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The third dataset released by the European Space Agency’s Gaia probe on June 17, 2022, has revealed unexpected phenomena called starquakes in nearly 1.8 billion stars within the Milky Way galaxy. These starquakes are akin to earthquake-like movements but occur on stellar surfaces. The data also offers the largest chemical map of the Milky Way, detailing millions of stars' age, mass, composition, color, temperature, and metal content. Additionally, the dataset includes new findings about binary star systems, quasars, asteroids, and exoplanets.

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The third dataset released by the European Space Agency’s star-mapping Gaia probe, covering almost 1.8 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, has revealed an unexpected phenomena called ‘starquakes’, which are similar to earthquake-like movements but on the surface of stars.

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The data has also revealed the largest chemical map of the entire Milky Way, showing the DNA of millions of stars, which includes their age, mass, chemical composition, colour, temperature, and metal content. asserted

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Besides, the new data has also made discoveries about binary star systems, quasars, asteroids, and exoplanets. asserted

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