GAIA
THE UNIVERSE, WITHIN REACH.
News from the space agencies, a sky computed night by night, and a community that observes together.
Latest from space
From official sources: NASA, ESA. Headline and summary, with a link to the full article.
Coming up in the sky
Eclipses, oppositions, conjunctions and meteor showers for the coming months, computed rather than copied by hand.
Open the calendar/Conjunctions
Mars–Jupiter conjunction, 1.2° apart
Computed
/Meteor showers
Leonids peak (up to 15 meteors/hour)
Indicative
/Elongations
Mercury at greatest morning elongation (19.6°)
Computed
/Oppositions
Uranus at opposition (magnitude 5.6)
Computed
/Meteor showers
Geminids peak (up to 150 meteors/hour)
Indicative
Explore the universe
32 entries on planets, moons, stars, constellations, nebulae, galaxies and missions, each with its sources.
Community sightings
Saw a fireball, a comet or a light you can’t explain? Report it: once ten compatible contributions support it, it goes public.
A community confirmation is not a scientific confirmation.
No confirmed sightings yet
The first one could be yours. Sightings appear here when they reach the community threshold.
First steps in the sky
A guide in 10 chapters to find your way, recognise planets and constellations and choose your first instrument.
Start the guideJoin the observers
A free account lets you report sightings, follow their status and help confirm what others saw.
Create an accountSources and independence
GAIA is an independent project. Every figure cites its source and every illustration is labelled as one.
About the project
