2026-08-24 Applications open for the ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme

24 August 2026

ESA welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives. The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists who are affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Cooperating States. All visits must comply with the ESA security... read more

2026-08-24 ESA Research Fellowship in Space Science

24 August 2026

The 2026 Call for Applications for the European Space Agency's Research Fellowships in Space Science has just opened. About ~9-10 postdoctoral fellows will be hired, with a start in fall 2027. The deadline for applications is 21 September 2026.

ESA's postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme offers early-career researchers the... read more

2026-08-17 Hubble and Gaia solve our Galaxy's merger mystery

17 August 2026

​​​​​​​New story published on esa.int/gaia: Hubble and Gaia solve our Galaxy's merger mystery: www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Hubble_Gaia_solve_our_galaxy_s_merger_mystery

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2026-07-20 Vacancy for a Data Validation Scientist (Fixed Term)

20 July 2026

We are looking for a data scientist to work on data validation at the Institute of Astronomy (IoA), University of Cambridge, as part of the Gaia team within the data project group at the IoA (CamCEAD).

This is a two year fixed term position. For more details and to apply, see here:... read more

2026-07-08 Passing of Alexandre Andrei

8 July 2026

With sadness we announce the passing of Alexandre Andrei on 26 June 2026. An obituary text has been added to his profile page.

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Gaia Bulletin #08

3 July 2026

Gaia bulletin #08 is out now. These are the Gaia data user notifications covering April to July 2026

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2026-07-03 Gaia DR4 time series

3 July 2026

With Gaia data release 4, the full Gaia time series data for the first 5.5 years of observations becomes available to the community. 2.8 billions sources will be released for which a total of 142 billion detections exist. The infographic captures the various time series that will be published, ranging from position time series, photometry... read more

2026-07-03 Gaia symposium at the EAS meeting - slides

3 July 2026

The Gaia team presented an update on the Gaia mission at the European Astronomical Society annual meeting of 2026 in Lausanne. The slides of the presentations are progressively being made available on the GREAT meeting page.

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2026-06-29 Gaia data release 4 pre-release

29 June 2026

Find details on the publication of a small Gaia DR4 pre-release, DR4 paper titles, and much more...

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2026-06-13 4th anniversary of Gaia Data Release 3

13 June 2026

The fourth anniversary of Gaia Data Release 3 is celebrated with the publication of a new poster: Gaia's multi-dimensional Milky Way poster, showcasing the visual that was created for the first anniversary of Gaia's data release 3.

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2026-05-26 From Gaia to GaiaNIR - Science from Precision Astrometry Across the Universe and Beyond the Extinction Barrier - 1st Announcement

26 May 2026

This conference celebrates the achievements of the MWGaiaDN Doctoral Network, which features PhD projects focused on the science that can be extracted from Gaia DR3 and Gaia DR4. Topics covered are the Milky Way as a galaxy, stars and planets, and Active Galactic Nuclei in the context of reference frames. MWGaiaDN projects also look towards... read more

2026-05-26 Gaia's mission extension case explained

26 May 2026

A page was published explaining in detail the Gaia mission extension case. Following a successful launch in December 2013 and a 6-month commissioning phase, Gaia started its nominal 5-year operations phase in July 2014. This phase was completed at the end of June 2019, after which Gaia entered its extended mission phase. The mission extension... read more