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Frosty scenes in martian summer
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Dreaming of a red Christmas: Festive features spotted near Mars’ south pole

As the holiday season swiftly approaches, even our planetary neighbours are getting into the spirit – as shown by this perfect pair of festive silhouettes spotted by ESA’s Mars Express.
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Gaia’s stellar motion for the next 400 thousand years

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The colour of the sky from Gaia’s Early Data Release 3

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The colour of the sky from Gaia’s Early Data Release 3 -
Gaia’s new data takes us to the Milky Way’s anticentre and beyond

The motion of stars in the outskirts of our galaxy hints at significant changes in the history of the Milky Way. This and other equally fascinating results come from a set of papers that demonstrate the quality of ESA’s Gaia Early third Data Release (EDR3), which is made public today.







