ESAs Gaia space telescope has achieved something astronomers thought nearly impossible, detecting planets while theyre still forming inside the dusty discs surrounding newborn stars. By measuring the subtle gravitational wobbles that unseen companions induce on their host stars, Gaia has found hints of planets, brown dwarfs, and companion stars in 31 young stellar systems out of 98 surveyed.
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