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

Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way
After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.
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