An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date. It’s ...
The observed spiral pattern can now be proven to be due to the formation of a gigantic new planet. Credit: ESO/F. Maio et al./T. Stolker et al./ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/N. van der Marel et al. A landmark ...