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Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to come.

A control team at the ESA's European Space Operations Center powered down all of Gaia's subsystems and sent it into a "retirement orbit" around the Sun. Advertisement "Gaia's extensive data ...

PARIS: Europe’s Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into “retirement” on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries ...

PARIS, France — Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries ...