Mark McCaughrean
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Gaia’s on a mission to create a 3-D map of the Milky Way’s stars
The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission is headed into space. The $1 billion space observatory blasted off from French Guiana Thursday morning on a mission to create a very detailed, 3-D map of the Milky Way. No special glasses required.