🇪🇺🚀 Gaia, the European Space Agency’s spacecraft that has has been in space for 11 years, completes its mission. The space observatory is responsible for mapping the Milky Way galaxy with unprecedented accuracy and has revolutionised our understanding of our galaxy. “Gaia” is running out of nitrogen gas, which it uses to precisely control its…
14 June Friday! An extraordinary event at Vilnius University! A visit by the very famous astrophysicist, Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Professor Xavier Barcons. It is ESO that operates the most spectacular observatories in the world! Date: 14 June 2024Time: 10:00 am Venue: VU Old town campus (Universiteto str. 3) Programme Opening…
Molėtai Astronomical Observatory invites you to public events on August 12-13 The events are presented by the Europlanet consortium and the Polish Institute in Vilnius – Instytut Polski w Wilnie August 12 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Aarhus University astronomer Hans Kjeldsen will give a lecture on space missions August 12 4:00 p.m. to 5:30…
This 3 day school will cover topics related to improving inclusion in the science process, how this leads to better science, and more impactful science. In the school the MW-Gaia community will discuss, with the help of professionals from several scientific and social disciplines, current best practice in inclusion and impact and learn about possible…