Lammers and Winn “On the Exoplanet Yield of Gaia Astrometry” makes breathtaking predictions for the Gaia DR4 data release in December 2026 - around 7500 new exoplanets around nearby stars! It will be revolutionary… and indicate new nearby systems to be imaged… #astrodon #exoplanets ☄️

A plot of exoplanet detections with semimajor axis versus planet mass. Scattered points show transit and radial velocity detections, with a titanic black smear of GAIA DR4 and DR5 expected detections in the upper right corner.
Matthew Kenworthy @kenworthy