Scientists also discovered a second planet, a brown dwarf orbiting another low-mass star. Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth.

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

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Astronomers have long relied on two main methods to detect exoplanets—the transit method, which looks for dips in a star’s ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...