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In this collage, we see the images of 31 baby star systems. The collage also shows our own Solar System for reference on the bottom right, as it is predicted to have looked at an age of 1 million years, with the Sun at its centre (not visible). All of the systems are centred around very young stars that have recently collapsed from vast clouds of gas and dust.

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In this collage, we see the images of 31 baby star systems. The collage also shows our own Solar System for reference on the bottom right, as it is predicted to have looked at an age of 1 million years, with the Sun at its centre (not visible). All of the systems are centred around very young stars that have recently collapsed from vast clouds of gas and dust.
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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 09:56:18 JST Corey S Powell

Wow! Not only can we see the disks where planets are being born around young stars, now we can sense the pull of the worlds taking shape within.
Blue ovals show orbits of 31 newfound stellar companions. Bottom right: a simulation of our solar system at the same age.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Gaia_finds_hints_of_planets_in_baby_star_systems #space #science #nature

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