{"id":8199,"date":"2020-12-07T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2020-12-07T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:45:27","slug":"researchers-publish-a-catalogue-of-the-stars-in-the-milky-way-bringing-us-closer-to-understanding-the-origins-of-the-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/researchers-publish-a-catalogue-of-the-stars-in-the-milky-way-bringing-us-closer-to-understanding-the-origins-of-the-galaxy\/8199\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers publish a catalogue of the stars in the Milky Way, bringing us closer to understanding the origins of the galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Led by the University of Cambridge, UK, the team analysed measurements of stellar positions, movement, brightness, and colours from the European Space Agency\u2019s Gaia space observatory<\/a> to create a catalogue of the stars in the Milky Way.<\/p>\n Launched in 2013, Gaia operates in an orbit around the Lagrange 2 (L2) point, located 1.5 million kilometres behind the Earth, away from the Sun. At L2 the gravitational forces between the Earth and Sun are balanced, so the spacecraft stays in a stable position, allowing long-term unobstructed views of space.<\/p>\n