Cosmic Exploration · observatory

Gaia

Space-based · 2013 · Earth–Sun L2, 1.5 million km

Type
Space-based
Location
Earth–Sun L2, 1.5 million km
Founded
2013

Notes

Measuring positions, distances and motions for nearly two billion stars, which is about 1% of the galaxy and vastly more than everything before it combined.

Open on the Cosmic Exploration shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.

From the Observatories database in Notion, last edited 2026-08-15. This page is the row, rendered by the build; nothing on it is written by hand.