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Newly Discovered Planet Reshapes Protoplanetary Disk 440 Light-Years Away

7/28/2025

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Astronomers have unveiled a potential planet orbiting the young star HD 135344B, a staggering 440 light-years away in the constellation Lupus. This massive world, twice the size of Jupiter, is actively sculpting its protoplanetary disk, offering groundbreaking evidence of planet formation. The remarkable discovery was captured using the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) on July 21, 2025.

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Astronomers have unveiled a potential planet orbiting the young star HD 135344B, a staggering 440 light-years away in the constellation Lupus. This massive world, twice the size of Jupiter, is actively sculpting its protoplanetary disk, offering groundbreaking evidence of planet formation. The remarkable discovery was captured using the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) on July 21, 2025.