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Three slight disturbances in space are uncovering major discoveries????Astronomers found three young planets orbiting a newborn star????thanks to an advanced planet-finding strategy using the ALMA telescope????Two teams of astronomers traced movements in the star’s gaseous disk ????They discovered strange patterns in the flow of carbon monoxide????This is a major sign that new planets are orbiting the star HD 163296????If there weren’t any planets, the gas would move in a predictable way????Researchers estimate that the three planets have a mass like Jupiter’s????The teams’ findings were published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters??