Gaia's extensive data has revolutionized our understanding of the Milky Way, revealing that the galaxy is filled with interconnected chains of star clusters and stellar streams, fundamentally changing how we view galactic structure and star formation.

The discovery of tidal tails around clusters like Hyades and Coma Berenices has helped trace their past and ongoing evolution, with future surveys expected to expand this knowledge.

Gaia's detailed 3D and 6D maps of the solar neighborhood have uncovered the complex structure of star-forming regions, young clusters, and stellar streams, showing that star formation is influenced by feedback processes and often occurs in sub-structured formations.

The mission has revealed that star families often behave unexpectedly, with some stars dispersing in uncoordinated ways, indicating more dynamic and intricate stellar interactions than previously thought.

Gaia has uncovered that many star groups, once believed to be solitary, are interconnected in vast chains and networks, such as the Radcliffe Wave and the Split, reshaping our understanding of galactic structure.

The data shows that many star-forming regions and clusters are part of larger, interconnected systems, challenging earlier ideas of isolated star birth and highlighting the role of galactic dynamics in star formation and cluster dissolution.

As Gaia completes its primary mission and enters retirement, most data remains to be released, with upcoming releases expected to further deepen our understanding of the galaxy's structure and evolution.

Gaia has identified and characterized two main types of star clusters—open and globular—using this data to discover new clusters, distinguish real clusters from chance alignments, and analyze their motions, ages, and compositions.

The data has enabled scientists to analyze star clusters more precisely, leading to discoveries of new clusters and insights into their internal structures and dynamics.