Gaia in the UK

Taking the Galactic Census

What's the big deal about Gaia?

What's the big deal about Gaia?

Just how do you go about creating a 3D map of a galaxy? How many stars would that even be? And how can we know the distances to the stars if we can't travel to them?

Find out here how the Gaia spacecraft will answer these questions.

Read the transcript of this video (PDF).

This cartoon is part of a series following one man and his cat as they learn about space, created by Angel Eye Media and the Gaia team in Cambridge. Narrated by Dara O Briain. You may download this cartoon in a range of formats  from https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1638682.

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Page last updated: 07 November 2018