Stars observed by the Gaia satellite. (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Stars observed by the Gaia satellite.

Caption

Stars observed by the Gaia satellite. The image shows our galaxy, the Milky Way, and our two smaller neighbor galaxies to the bottom right. Data from more than 1.8 billion stars was used to create this map of the entire sky.

Credit

European Space Agency (ESA)

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