Watched a rerun of an episode of Brian Cox's tv series 'Universe', first broadcast October 2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09ybxpr/universe-series-1-3-the-milky-way-island-of-light

Fantastic story of the ESA Gaia spacecraft and the detailed mapping of our galaxy. There has since been a new release of data from Gaia in June 2022

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_sees_strange_stars_in_most_detailed_Milky_Way_survey_to_date

This is brilliant science, It's how science is done: observe, measure, calculate, reveal

#Universe #BrianCox #ESA #GaiaSatellite #Galaxies #MilkyWay #BBC2