Europe's star-hunter Gaia enters orbit

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 06:00 in Astronomy & Space

A billion-dollar star-hunting telescope slotted into its operational orbit Wednesday prior to harvesting data for the most detailed map yet of the Milky Way, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

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