500,000+ new stars and more! ✨ #shorts
Today, our Gaia mission releases a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Among other findings, the star surveyor surpasses its planned potential to reveal half a million new and faint stars in a massive cluster, identify over 380 possible cosmic lenses, and pinpoint the positions of more than 150 000 asteroids within the Solar System.
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Thank you ESA for your great work!
Your videos are like a breath of fresh air. They provide a welcome escape from the daily grind.
What kind of computers are you guys using to processes all of that information, all of that has gotta be many petabytes