While discoveries of exoplanets are commonplace these days, the most obvious detection method — directly taking a picture of a planet — remains one of the most challenging. And such images almost always reveal a single, giant planet orbiting far from its host star.
Direct Images Show Baby Exoplanets Stealing Gas From Their Parent Star
Because the system is 6 million years young, the kids haven't been weaned yet.
By Korey Haynes
Jun 3, 2019 9:57 PMFeb 22, 2020 4:17 AM
The young star system includes two gas giants, shown here in an artist’s illustration still forming and carving out gaps in the disk of material around their central star. (Credit: J. Olmsted/STScI)
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