Austin (KXAN) — A tiny baby planet is making waves in the science community. Named WISPIT 2b, the growing planet is the first planet of its kind to be basically photographed growing inside its star’s ...
The baby planet has created a gap in the ring of material as it grows into a fully-realized planet. A baby planet has been spotted nestled inside a ring around its young parent star, offering a ...
WISPIT 2 system captured by Magellan Telescope in Chile and Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have directly imaged a young planet, WISPIT 2b, forming ...