This is the Best View of the Milky Way Ever. But How Did We Get It?

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Astronomers have released the most accurate map of the Milky Way to date, built from an astonishing three trillion observations of two billion celestial objects over 11 years. It’s the masterpiece of the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. For the past decade, Gaia has been tirelessly scanning the sky, and the results are breathtaking—offering both face-on and edge-on views of our galaxy in stunning detail. But Gaia did more than just map the stars—it uncovered secrets about the Milky Way that we never knew existed.

📄 REFERENCES:

The Best Milky Way Map by Gaia (ESA) – https://sou42.co/44eavHC
Hipparchos Mission – https://sou42.co/4lm8sYh
ESA’s Billion Pixel Camera (PDF) – https://sou42.co/4jlOfzW
Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia – https://sou42.co/42pWCUs
Five fascinating Gaia revelations about the Milky Way – https://sou42.co/43JH5Bc
Gaia Black Holes – https://sou42.co/4jkonV7
Gaia 4b and 5b – https://sou42.co/3RFsQpy

🎼 MUSIC:

From 04:32 to 05:07 and 06:42 to 08:38 of video
'Petrichor' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

From 11:25 to 13:35 of video
'The Spaces Between' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

🎼 LIST OF ALL TRACKS:

Moonlit Serenity – Martin Landh
Particle Emission – Silver Maple
Petrichor – Scott Buckley
Time (Softer)
Without Saying – 369
Monomyth - The Space Between – Scott Buckley
Calm Space Ambient
Midnight Evening – DEX 1200

🎥 RESOURCES:
Epidemic Sounds, Pond5, iStock, NASA/ESA/ESO/ESA, StoryBlocks, Envato Elements

🧑🏻‍💻 Created By: Rishabh Nakra
🔍 Researched By: Shreejaya Karantha
✍🏻 Written By: Shreejaya Karantha and Rishabh Nakra
🎙️ Narrated By: Jeffrey Smith

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 How It Works
06:41 Mapping the Galaxy
08:38 New Milky Way Discoveries
13:36 What Else Gaia Discovered