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The Simons Observatory, a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large Aperture ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

Experts have unveiled the most detailed images yet of the universe’s infancy, capturing light that traveled for more than 13 billion years.

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After more than a decade of service, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down for good—closing one of the most transformative missions in the history of space exploration.