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And so, consequently, we haven’t been able to do that very well, and so it’s single digits, the number of exoplanets we know from astrometry, this, this technique. Gaia, by the time of its ...

Planets tug on their stars, making them wobble ever so slightly. Gaia’s ultra-precise astrometry detected this motion, revealing hidden worlds orbiting far-off suns. Gaia-5b sits between planet ...

This is an artist impression of the exoplanet Gaia-4b and the brown dwarf Gaia-5b, which were both discovered by ESA’s Gaia mission. This artist impression visualises a portion of the orbital ...

Gaia-4b, a massive exoplanet, is the first confirmed using Gaia’s astrometric technique, marking a milestone in space exploration. 'A new eye on the Sun': NASA's PUNCH to track solar storms in ...