A young giant planet orbits one star, while a planet-forming disk exists around same-aged companion star

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 02:25 in Astronomy & Space

A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation has finished, while a same-aged companion star in this double star system still has a planet-forming disk.

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