DISCOVERY ALERT: ‘BABY’ PLANET PHOTOGRAPHED IN A RING AROUND A STAR FOR THE FIRST TIME!

DISCOVERY ALERT: ‘BABY’ PLANET PHOTOGRAPHED IN A RING AROUND A STAR FOR THE FIRST TIME!: Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star. While theorists have thought that planets likely exist in these gaps (and possibly even create them), this is the first time that it has actually been observed. -Chelsea Gohd- Researchers have directly detected –