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   Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 09:56:17 JST Corey S Powell

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   In most cases, we don't have the technology to directly see newborn planets orbiting baby stars. But the Gaia space telescope is so sensitive that it can measure the stars being yanked back & forth by the gravity of the hidden objects around them.

   Full paper at link.

   https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00157 #space #science #tech

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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

     Steve's Place repeated this.