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science3 months ago•5 min saved

First-Ever Photo of Baby Planet Forming in Dust Disk

Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a forming planet, WISPIT 2b, inside a ring gap of its star's dust disk using H-alpha imaging, providing valuable insights into early planet formation and disk-planet interactions.

via Earth.com|

#disk-gaps #h-alpha-imaging #planet-formation

science3 months ago•4 min saved

First Images Capture Baby Planet's Birth in Space

NASA researchers directly photographed a young gas giant protoplanet, WISPIT 2b, embedded in a ring gap around its star, providing the first direct evidence of planet formation within such gaps in protoplanetary disks.

via NASA Science (.gov)|

#exoplanet #h-alpha-imaging #planet-discovery