Astronomers Capture First Baby Planet in Multi-Ring Disk: Meet WISPIT 2b, Actively Forming in Real Time
For the first time ever, astronomers have directly imaged a young planet forming inside the dusty rings around a star finally confirming a long-standing theory about how planets are born. The newborn planet, named WISPIT 2b, is still gathering mass, and sits in a dark gap between rings of dust and gas encircling its young,… Read More »