Milky Way-Mapping Telescope Nabs Its First Pictures In Space

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A portion of the Large Magellanic Cloud is visible in this calibration image for the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope taken in 2014. Credit: ESA/DPAC/Airbus DS

From a lonely outpost in space, the European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope is getting ready to map out the Milky Way. It will take some time to calibrate the instruments to make sure they’re ready for work, however, and that’s why you’re looking at the image above.

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