Gaia is a cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency of this decade. Its objective is to clarify the origin and evolution of our Galaxy. For that purpose, Gaia will obtain a very precise 3D map of about a thousand million stars. Thanks to this mission we will be able to answer questions about the formation of the Galaxy, its shape and structure, the role of the dark matter in the Universe or how the stars evolve among many others. The five video included here explain the details of the Gaia mission, with spectacular 3D animations and interviews with Spanish experts working on the mission.
Videos
Participació espanyola a la missió Gaia
Type
Popularisation of Science
Web
Source
Date
Language
CA
ES
EN
Duration
3:19 min
Related News & Activities
Talk "The Gaia mission: contents of the third catalogue and future prospects"
The researcher Jordi Portell, from the Technological Unit of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of t
By
Jordi Portell, ICCUB-IEEC
Time
Talks
Open to all
A historic perspective on astrometry: how do we measure the distance to the stars?
By
Xavier Luri, ICCUB [IEEC-UB]
Talks
Open to all
ICCUB researchers participate in the 1st Latin American Gaia School
Researchers from the Gaia group at the Institute of Cosmos Scienc
By
Grup Gaia UB
Place
Virtual
Time
Talks
Master and Degree students
BiblioLab, Science for the Young: Cartography of the Milky Way
The director of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB-IEEC),
By
Xavier Luri, ICCUB [IEEC-UB]
Talks
Secondary School
Related Material
Articles
The Conversation: "Gaia mission releases map of more than a billion stars – here’s what it can teach us"
Gaia mission releases map of more than a billion stars – here’s what it can teach us
Author
Several
Language
CA
Popularisation of Science
Videos
Machine learning techniques reveal hundreds of open clusters using Gaia's data
Video about the 582 new clusters discovered in the Milky Way by the ICCUB team led by our astronomer Alfred Castro.
Author
Several
Language
CA
Popularisation of Science
Other
Gaia's memory game: Online version
New online version of the Gaia's memory game
Author
Gaia UB
Language
CA
ES
EN
Popularisation of Science
Press Radio & TV
Space mining: Interview to Josep Manel Carrasco
The astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco talks about space mining at the radio show of Ràdio Sant Boi "La República Santboiana"
Author
Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB-IEEC
Source
Ràdio Sant Boi
Language
CA
Interview/Discussion