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New Discoveries Reveal Giant Planets Forming in Distant Disks

10/13/2025

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Observations from the Magellan and Large Binocular Telescopes identify WISPIT 2b, a gas giant five times Jupiter's mass, within a dust ring around the star WISPIT 2, located 437 light-years away.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) images show a potential planet forming around HD 135344B, 440 light-years away, which is likely gathering mass and shaping its surroundings.
These findings advance understanding of how planets emerge in protoplanetary disks.

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Observations from the Magellan and Large Binocular Telescopes identify WISPIT 2b, a gas giant five times Jupiter's mass, within a dust ring around the star WISPIT 2, located 437 light-years away.
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) images show a potential planet forming around HD 135344B, 440 light-years away, which is likely gathering mass and shaping its surroundings.
These findings advance understanding of how planets emerge in protoplanetary disks.