Likely Site of New Planet in Formation Discovered

Astronomers Discover Likely Site Of New Gas Giant Planet In Formation

Scientists may have spotted a giant new planet forming

A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling near-infrared images of a spiral-armed disk, matching theoretical predictions of how young planets shape their environment. With structures extending beyond the scale of our solar system and evidence of planet-driven disturbances, the system could provide vi…

Irish astronomers find possible giant gas planet multiple times Jupiter's mass

AN international team of astronomers led by the University of Galway has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation.And the exciting new

See a young star potentially giving birth to a giant planet in new image from Very Large Telescope

New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter.

Watch this space: Irish team may have found new planet

An international team of astronomers, led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation.

Likely site of new planet in formation discovered

An international team of astronomers led by the University of Galway has discovered the likely site of a new planet in formation, most likely a gas giant planet up to a few times the mass of Jupiter.