WISPIT 2b: Scientists capture the birth of a five-million-year-old planet, nearly 1,000 times younger than Earth
In a major breakthrough, astronomers have directly imaged a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming inside a gap in…
Astronomers capture rare images of infant planet WISPIT 2b in multi-ringed birth disk |
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change how we understand the birth of planets. Using the…
Astronomers Spot Growing Protoplanet in Disk Gap around Young Solar Analog
Using the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have directly imaged a 4.9-Jupiter-mass protoplanet in…
That small dot in the picture? A baby planet just discovered by Irish researchers
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