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Gaia Space Mission

June 22 , 2022 891 days 637 0
  • The Gaia Space Observatory of European Space Agency recently detected several “starquakes”.
  • They were similar to tsunami-like earthquakes.
  • Star quakes are tiny motions on star surface, which changes the shapes of stars.
  • Gaia Space Mission was launched in 2013.
  • It studies the Milky Way.
  • The mission has created a map of galaxy.
  • It has revealed new information regarding stars and their chemical composition including the colour, temperature, age, and brightness level of stars.

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