Astronomy is so weird sometimes.
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Astronomy is so weird sometimes. You can't tell how big that object is without some sense of scale… but it's well over SIXTY BILLION KILOMETERS ACROSS.
And that little dot in the gap? *That's a baby planet bigger than Jupiter siphoning up material to grow.*
A newly forming planet minds the gap
A planet is seen for the first time in a gap between rings of material around a young star
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Astronomy is so weird sometimes. You can't tell how big that object is without some sense of scale… but it's well over SIXTY BILLION KILOMETERS ACROSS.
And that little dot in the gap? *That's a baby planet bigger than Jupiter siphoning up material to grow.*
A newly forming planet minds the gap
A planet is seen for the first time in a gap between rings of material around a young star
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
[Note: this issue is for paid subscribers only. But you can sign up! Click the link and you'll see instructions on how to join]
@badastro Wait, that's not an artist's impression?
God damn, awesome.
