You won't spot dimples in baby pictures of exoplanets. You'll be lucky to see anything at all, which is why a newly released image of an infant planet outside our solar system is so rare and ...

This exoplanet-in-the-making, described in a pair of papers accepted to Astronomy & Astrophysics, could provide new testing ground for theories of planet formation (SN: 5/12/18, p. 28). Miriam ...

Astronomers have taken the first confirmed picture of a newborn planet. The planet, called PDS 70b, is about 370 light-years from Earth and orbits a dwarf star. A series of images suggests the ...

The baby planet is forming relatively far from AB Aurigae — about 30 times the Earth-sun distance, or roughly equivalent to Neptune's distance from our sun, researchers said.

The European Southern Observatory captured a dense disc of dust and gas, revealing signs that a planet may be forming. Menu. Lil cutie. Images reveal the first glimpse of a baby planet being born.

Astronomers have discovered the tell-tale signs of a star system being born, including a ‘twist’ that could be our first ever glimpse of a baby planet .