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Led by Tel Aviv University researchers, spaceship ‘Gaia’ identifies two new planets

July 12, 2022

“[They] were discovered due to the fact that they partially hide their suns every time they complete an orbit and thus cause a cyclical drop in the intensity of the light reaching us from that distant sun,” says doctoral student Aviad Panahi.

The transit method. Illustration by Aviad Panthi.

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