Goodbye Gaia. Milky Way and Mission Gaia
2nd Contest: Astronomy in all Seasons - EAAE
The total number of works received in the competition was 177, submitted around the world across all age categories, in accordance with the rules and conditions of participation published on the official website of the EAАЕ https://eaae-astronomy.org/projects/all-seasons/goodbye-gaia
Between March 27 and October 31, 2025, the submitted works were evaluated in three age categories:
- Ages 6–10;
- Ages 11–14;
- Ages 15–18.
RESULTS
Category 1: 6 to 10 years old
First Prize (Art & Creativity):
"The Amazing Milky Way" by Gabriel García Márquez (Teacher: Beatriz Araujo)
Ceip Navaliegos. C/ Juan Austria nº 1 24402 Ponferrada, León, Spain.
Second Prize (Art & Creativity):
“Our galaxy, our home” by Rodrigo Jiménez (Teacher: Juan Diego Gil Cuesta)
Colegio Internacional de Granada, Urbanización Cañadas de Parque, s/n, 18152 Dílar, Granada, Spain.
Category 2: 11 to 14 years old
First Prize (Art & Creativity):
"La Voie Lactée" by Joséphine Hayez (Teacher: Stéphanie Agathon)
Lycée Français International Molière. C. Cristo, 27, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
First Prize (Digital & Multimedia):
"El viaje de Gaia" by Noa Martínez Orenes, Marta López Parra, Julia Plaza Marín, Marta López Beltrán, Paula Barquero Beltrán, Celia Peñalver Munuera, Lola Vigueras Lorente (Teacher: Encarna Isabel Gómez Campoy)
IES Sanje, Avenida Cristo Yacente, 28 30820 Alcantarilla, Spain.
Second Prize (Art & Creativity):
"Adios Gaia" by María Luján Chaparro Bareiro (Teacher: Encarna Isabel Gómez Campoy)
IES Sanje, Avenida Cristo Yacente, 28 30820 Alcantarilla, Spain.
• Category 3: 15-18 years old
First Prize (Writing & Storytelling):
"Gaia travel diary" by Candela Espínola García (Teacher: Marta María Torres Garzón)
Colegio Internacional de Granada, Urbanización Cañadas de Parque, s/n, 18152 Dílar, Granada, Spain.
First Prize (Art & Creativity):
"Cradling Tomorrow" by Zalak Parekh
Green Valley High School, Ampad Nr. Bhimpura, Off Gotri Sevasi Road, Vadodara-391101, Gujarat, India.
Second Prize (Writing & Storytelling):
“Looking to the Stars – A step into Infinity” by Jovana Rakić
Secondary School “Vuk Karadžić” with dormitory. Omladinskih brigada 2, Babušnica, Serbia.
Second Prize (Art & Creativity):
"Descubriendo el universo con Gaia" by Andrés Felipe Ramírez, Alba Martínez (Teacher: Rosa María Pérez Almazán)
IES Joaquín Rodrigo, C/Casalarreina, 28, 28032, Madrid, Spain.
• Category 4: Mixed
First Prize (Art & Creativity):
“Galactic Atlas Illuminates All” by Ningyi Li, Ningyu Li (Teacher: Yiran Li)
Beijing Jianhua Experimental School. 66 Yuquan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing, China, 100039.
Please click to view the full list of participants.
Organizers: Carlos Viscasillas Vázquez and Šarūnas Mikolaitis (coordinators); Ederlinda Viñuales Gavín and Hristo Stoev – EAAE
Sponsors/Partners: Institute of Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona; Forcarei Astronomical Observatory (OAF), Fundacion Ceo Ciencia e Cultura (F3C); Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, ITPA, Faculty of Physics (Vilnius University); IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), National Outreach Coordinator, Lithuania.
Jury: Carme Jordi, Anthony Brown, Ana Ulla, Elsa Moreira, Stavro Ivanovski, Lola Balaguer.
We congratulate all the winning entries and thank all participants for their valuable contributions. We look forward to seeing their continued creativity in future editions.
Acknowledgments: Isabel Rebollido.
