Gaia mission sees strange stars in most detailed Milky Way survey to date

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This image shows four sky maps made with the new ESA Gaia data released on 13 Ju
This image shows four sky maps made with the new ESA Gaia data released on 13 June 2022 . | © ESA/Gaia/DPAC;  CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. 
The ESA Gaia mission has released its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers - including Professor Conny Aerts from KU Leuven - describe strange ’starquakes’, stellar DNA, asymmetric motions and other fascinating insights in this most detailed Milky Way survey to date.

Gaia is ESA’s mission to create the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way. This allows astronomers to reconstruct our home galaxy’s structure and past evolution over billions of years, and to better understand the lifecycle of stars and our place in the Universe. 

What’s new in data release 3?

Gaia’s data release 3 contains new and improved details for almost two billion stars in our galaxy. ...
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