Astronomers have identified a newly forming exoplanet, designated WISPIT 2b, which is approximately five times the mass of Jupiter. This planet is observed carving a path through the dust disk surrounding its infant star, providing a rare and clear view of planetary formation. The discovery is considered a potential benchmark in the study of planet formation. Additionally, researchers have detected a massive new star in the Orion constellation, which is 20 times larger than the Sun and shines up to 100,000 times brighter. In a separate finding, a team analyzing over a decade of observational data has found evidence of a possible scorching planet orbiting Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky. This candidate planet appears to complete an orbit every 2.4 Earth days, moving very close to its host star.
A huge, scorching planet might be hiding in plain sight around Vega, one of our sky's brightest stars. A team poured over a decade of observations and spotted a curious wobble in Vega's motion.If it's a planet, it would race around its star every 2.4 Earth days, orbiting closer https://t.co/LfIgLjt1Ct
Astronomers are amazed to have discovered a baby exoplanet gobbling up matter around an infant star like a planetary Pac-Man. https://t.co/ynmS0dU9va
Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter. https://t.co/dPvZ9kkhra