The short “Gaia, el satélite” wins the “science in action” scientific shorts contest [NOT TRANSLATED]

2013-07-10 00:00:00

The short film “Gaia, el satélite” made by some of the department’s Gaia project members has been awarded the prize (Ex Aequo) of the scientific shorts contest on “science in action”.

The comission of “science in action” agreed that “In virtue of the technical quality of the documentary on technical aspects of the satellite which, in the framework of the Gaia mission of the European Space Agency, will obtain essential data that will help us to better comprehend the origin and evolution of the Milky Way and other aspects of the Universe, among which dark matter is a highlight, the 1st prize to Scientific Shorts is awarded Ex Aequo to the work: “GAIA: EL SATÉLITE””.

This short is one of a set of videos on Gaia elaborated in the Astronomy and Meteorology Department (DAM) of the University of Barcelona where the details of the mission are explained, and which can be found at http://gaiavideo.ub.edu/index.html. [NOT TRANSLATED]