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.
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Participació espanyola a la missió Gaia
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Popularisation of Science
Web
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3:19 min
Related News & Activities
Confererence "Gaia project: a new view of our galaxy"
Astronomer Carme Jordi will give this conference, as part of the permanent seminar in physics and Chemistry, at the Cosmocaixa.
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Carme Jordi, ICCUB-IEEC
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Time
Talks
Global Gaia campaign reveals secrets of stellar pair
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CA
The brightening of the star, located in the Cygnus constellation, was first spotted in August 2016 by the Gaia Photometric Science Alerts programme.
The astronomer Roger Mor wins the second prize of the "La bona gent"contest of the Diari de Tarragona
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CA
The astronomer Roger Mor, researcher of the Gaia group, won the second prize the past 16th of January.
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Videos
Cartografiant la Galàxia- d'Hipparcos a Gaia
“Charting the Galaxy – from Hipparcos to Gaia” In this vodcast Rebecca Barnes discovers the motions of the stars, learns how astronomers measure their distances and looks at the new European mission that will really get to grips with our place in the Universe: Gaia.
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GaiaUB
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CA
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EN
Popularisation of Science
Books & Handbooks
"The little books of Gaia" - minillibres sobre Gaia per imprimir -
The little books of Gaia are summaries of the Gaia mission in A4 format that you can print them and fold them to create a booklet.
Source
GaiaUB
Language
ES
Manual
Graphic Material
Mission Gaia's calendar 2004
Image calendar of the 2004 Gaia mission
Source
GaiaUB
Language
ES
Calendars
Graphic Material
Gaia's Memory Game
The game contain 2 copies of 20 different images, in total 40 cards with images related with the Gaia Mission.
The aim of the game is to match up the identical images.
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GaiaUB
Language
CA