Web Desk(July 05, 2018): Astronomers have captured image of a planet that’s still forming in the disk of gas and dust around its star.
Researchers have long been on the hunt for a baby planet, and this is the first confirmed discovery of its kind.
Young dwarf star PDS 70 is less than 10 million years old, and its planetary companion is thought to be between five and six million years old.
Known as PDS 70b, it appears to be several times the size of Jupiter and probably has a cloudy atmosphere.
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