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Astronomers Capture First Image of a Growing Planet

Astronomers have captured the first complete image of a growing gas planet. The planet interacts with the gas in its surrounding disk. The images show WISPIT 2b, which is a gas giant. This planet has five times the mass of Jupiter. A gas giant is a very large planet made mostly of gas, like Jupiter. WISPIT 2b is pulling in…

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Max Planck Society. Read the original for the full report.