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23/10/2020 Falling Walls nomination for Anthony Brown We are happy to announce that Anthony Brown, head of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC), was selected as a finalist in the category of physical sciences for the Falling Walls Conference, which will be held remotely this year between 1 and 10 November. Anthony Brown was nominated by the University of Heidelberg for breaking the walls in astronomy. Gaia Data Release 2 has let to a revolution on astronomy, with the Gaia date being of use to practically all fields of astronomy. Anthony stresses that the processing and preparation of Gaia data releases is a joint effort by Gaia DPAC, and that this recognition is for the entire Gaia DPAC team.
21/10/2020 Planned maintenance to Cosmos The Gaia Cosmos website, Gaia FTPs, Gaia Archive help pages and some of the Gaia DPAC services like the content server will be down on Saturday 24 October 2020 between 08:00 and 18:00 CEST.
20/10/2020 Lennart Lindegren and Jackie Faherty awarded prizes for dynamical astronomy We are pleased to announce that Lennart Lindegren and Jackie Faherty were awarded prizes by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA). Lennart was awarded the 2020 Dirk Bouwer Career Award, and Jackie Faherty won the 2020 Vera Rubin Early Career Prize. Find here more information on the prizes and this news.
08/10/2020 Vacancy for a postdoc at ICCUB - Barcelona The Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona is seeking a Postdoctoral fellow in Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way galaxy through Gaiaa for its Unit of Excellence Maria de Maeztu postdoctoral positions. Find more information on this position in the attached document.
08/10/2020 Research Fellowship opportunities at ESA ESA has announced an opportunity for post-doctoral research fellowships linked to its science missions, including Gaia. Deadline to submit applications is 29 October 2020. More information can be found here.
15/09/2020 Gaia EDR3 draft data model available now To allow the scientific community to prepare for the release of Gaia EDR3, a draft version of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 data model has been made available. Gaia EDR3 is planned to be released on 3 December 2020.
14/09/2020 Happy Gaia DR1 day Four years ago, Gaia released its first catalogue of stars: Gaia Data Release 1.
08/09/2020 Gaia newsletter issue 12 is out now Find the 12th issue of the Gaia newsletter here.
07/09/2020 Gaia EDR3 release date fixed We have fixed the Gaia EDR3 release date to 3 December 2020 (at 12:00 CET). All data has been produced and the validation is currently underway. The contents of Gaia EDR3 can be found from this page and an overview page will provide further details of the release as it becomes available. Although the pandemic continues to complicate and slow down the progress toward Gaia DR3, the release is expected to take place during the first half of 2022. An overview of the contents of Gaia DR3 can be found from the data release scenario page.
19/08/2020 Podcast with Anthony Brown Find here a podcast interview with our Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium chair: Anthony Brown.
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