Gaia in one minute: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
Find out how you can get involved in Gaia and contribute to new and exciting discoveries in our Galaxy and beyond.
Cool and exciting science? Big deal! What's the pay-off for me? This cartoon explains some of the surprising spin-offs and economic benefits of space technology.
Just how do you go about creating a 3D map of a galaxy? How many stars would that even be? And how can we know the distances to the stars if we can't travel to them?
How old are the stars? Turns out it's not so easy to tell. This cartoon shows how the Gaia spacecraft will uncover the timeline of our universe by measuring the stars.