8 October 2026
In preparation of Gaia DR4, the Gaia ESA Archive will be down as of Wednesday 25 November 2026 12:00 CET. The archive will re-open on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 12:00 CET, featuring the new Gaia DR4 release. Information on the forthcoming data release can already be found from the Gaia Data Release 4 overview... read more
25 September 2026
Something special is happening this winter. On 2 December 2026, the most detailed map of our home Galaxy, the Milky Way, ever made will be unveiled. The map is the work of Gaia, pinpointing more than two billion stars and other objects: where each one is, how far away it is, what colour it is, and how it is moving. Astronomers all over the... read more
17 September 2026
Gaia Bulletin #09 is out now! Thear are the Gaia data user notifications covering July 2026 - September 2026.
14 September 2026
The 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics has been awarded to Vasily Belokurov, Amina Helmi, and Rodrigo Ibata for "uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy was built through hierarchical accretion. Gaia's data lies at the basis for this research. Congratulations to the scientists for their... read more
31 August 2026
Wobbling stars and distant worlds – in this ESA Expedition of Sound, our home galaxy is explored. More specifically, this episode focuses on stars and exoplanets. Listen to the sound of the starquakes observed by Gaia and the heartbeat of stars, and learn how astronomers uncover clues about their age, structure and life.
Full details... read more
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
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
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
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
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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