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Gaia DR4 is coming on December 2, and we’ve been hard at work designing the catalogs for #GaiaSky. We’ve made some important changes compared to DR3.

Wanna learn more? 👇

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Gaia Sky | DR4 star catalogs
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September 29, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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Today is the day. Some time after 18.00 UTC, a solar Eclipse will be seen from the Iberian peninsula. Animations with #GaiaSky. First, a wide view of the Eclipse as it sweeps the Earth, with umbra/penumbra lines.
August 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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#GaiaSky 3.8.0 is out now! It includes exciting new features in the UI and the procedural planets system, and lots of fixes.

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Gaia Sky | Gaia Sky 3.8.0
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July 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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A few procedurally generated planets. #GaiaSky
July 20, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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The procedural generation system in #GaiaSky will get a little face lift with better algorithms and a more accessible parametrization. Below is a little video showcasing some of it. 🍿
July 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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📢📢📢 We are proud to announce the release of #GaiaSky 3.7.4. This release brings a major overhaul of the atmospheric scattering model with ozone absorption, and important bugfixes for the keyframe system.

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A screenshot of Gaia Sky 3.7.4
June 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Just a screenshot of the Earth. Been working on the amtospheric scattering shader. #GaiaSky
A view of the Earth in Gaia Sky featuring realistic atmospheric scattering.
June 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Today we release #GaiaSky 3.7.3! 📢📢📢

This release focuses on QoL improvements and bugfixes.
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Gaia Sky | Gaia Sky 3.7.3
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June 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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🍎 To all macOS users: Gaia Sky can now be installed via brew! Learn more here:

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Installation — Gaia Sky docs
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May 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Loading datasets on-the-fly in #GaiaSky just got easier:
We've added a new "Installed Datasets" tab to the load dialog, allowing you to quickly jump into your library without browsing folders. The classic file picker is still there for your custom .vot, .csv, and .fits files.

Watch below! 🎬
May 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Here is an animation of the Artemis-II mission and the Lunar flyby.

#Artemis #Artemis2 #NASA #ESA #GaiaSky @exploration.esa.int @esa.int
April 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Release day: #GaiaSky 3.7.2 is out! 📢📢📢

This one comes with many new features and bug fixes, as usual. See the release notes here: gaiasky.space/news/2026/ga...
Welcome view of Gaia Sky 3.7.2
April 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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I liked this #ArtemisII picture of the Moon so much, that I tried to recreate it in #GaiaSky.

Left is the real picture, right is Gaia Sky.
"A Moment with the Moon" picture, aken by the Artemis II crew at 2:19 p.m. EDT. Recreation of "A Moment with the Moon" in Gaia Sky.
April 8, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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More info:
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Make rings of Saturn use particles
### What do you want to address? - [ ] Suggestion ### Describe your matter briefly In my shows, I tell the audience that the rings of Saturn are made of bits of ice, rock, and dust. Then when I fly ...
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March 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Been working on a dataset to add some detail to the rings of Saturn in the form of particles. I'm quite happy with the result, especially the performance. The video shows 1.5 million rock/dust particles. Transitions to/from the ring model are quite seamless.

#GaiaSky #Saturn #SolarSystem #Astronomy
March 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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I've been plyaing around with the keyframes system in #GaiaSky and the OptFlowCam export method. After some bug-fixing, it produces very good results. It works best in a "points of interest" workflow. The following video is exported from only 25 keyframes.
February 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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Yet another video of the asteroid belt using Gaia DR3 data with the new shading.

#GaiaSky #Gaia #GaiaDR3 #Space #Asteroids #AsteroidBelt #Astronomy
February 17, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Asteroids, other SSOs, and particle sets in general will get a much needed improvement in visual fidelity in #GaiaSky 3.7.2. We can now shade them (kind of) realistically while maintaining the high frame rate. In the video, we show the ~150.000 asteroids in Gaia DR3.
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Testing #GaiaSky VR with the Valve Index and an RTX 5080 (laptop). Performance is very, very good!
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Working with a contributor on the Simplified Chinese translation of #GaiaSky. This requires some re-engineering in the UI system, but we're getting there.
Gaia Sky showing Simplified Chinese object names
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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I just got a new laptop for our VR demonstrations with an RTX 5080 16GB. With base #GaiaSky and default datasets, it's getting over 700 FPS. Let's see how it does with VR😅
Gaia Sky running on an RTX laptop, showing 743 FPS.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Navigate a billion stars in real-time 3D - Gaia Sky transforms ESA's cosmic census into an immersive universe platform for researchers and astronomy enthusiasts

🔗 https://github.com/langurmonkey/gaiasky

#GaiaMission #AstronomyVisualization #OpenSource
Navigate a billion stars in real-time 3D - Gaia Sky transforms ESA's cosmic census into an immersive
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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#GaiaSky 3.7.1 is now available! 📢📢📢

This release comes with many new features and bug fixes. Check it out 👇

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Gaia Sky 3.7.1 release
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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📖 We have updated the #GaiaSky documentation with a new theme and we've done a little bit of restructuring. It should flow better and look cleaner now. Give it a try!

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New Gaia Sky documentation theme
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Today is testing day, so it's time to dust off the Valve Index and see how much VR on Linux has improved since the last time I tried (it was underwhelming). With the Steam Frame on the horizon, I'm kind of excited to see the progress.

#GaiaSky #GaiaSkyVR #VR #valvesoftware #ValveIndex
The Valve Index in its box ready to test.
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 AM