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ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf

ESA’s Gaia finds a mysterious planet and brown dwarf

Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitational tug or ‘wobble’ the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a scenario thought to be extremely rare.

Published by ESA on 02/04/2025

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