# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6dAJHjP7b
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35795935-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0c34efe705.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-17T14:17:51.000+00:00

## Caption

Our galaxy has a new rhythm 🌌

The Milky Way doesn’t just spin and wobble – our Gaia mission has uncovered a great galactic wave, rippling tens of thousands of light-years across the disc of our galaxy.

Think of a stadium wave frozen in time: some stars rising, others settling, the whole crowd moving together. That’s what Gaia’s precise vision has revealed – a cosmic ripple stretching across the Milky Way.

Its origin? Still a mystery. Was it caused by a past collision with another galaxy? Or something we’ve yet to imagine?

What’s certain is that Gaia’s maps help us see our home galaxy like never before – from above, from the side, and now, in motion.

Which part of the Milky Way would you like to explore next?

📹 @europeanspaceagency 
🎞️ ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, E. Poggio et al (2025); ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar - CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO; @gettyimages
📸 ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, E. Poggio et al (2025)

## Stats

- **Views:** 47,576
- **Likes:** 5,070
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 42

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Videographer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Video Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Digital Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Subtitler |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Screenwriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Thumbnail Designer |

## Tags

space, europeanspaceagency

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