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WISPIT 2b Protoplanetary Disks LHS 1903 Accretion Processes TOI-6894b Dust Clouds Gas Giants Gas-Rich Disks Chemical Composition Radius Valley TI-DYE 1b Core Accretion Models Detection Methods Gas Atmospheres TIDYE-1 b Planetary Evolution Atmospheric Escape WISPIT 2 System IRAS 04125+2902 b James Webb Telescope WISPIT 2 Metallicity Accretion Minor Bodies Star Systems Stellar Radiation Radius Gap Rocky Planets Core Accretion Debris Disks V1298 Tau System Protoplanetary Discs Sub-Neptunes Meteorites Observational Studies Massive Planets TIDYE-1b Young Stars Observational Techniques Density Gap James Webb Space Telescope Fomalhaut System Gravitational Instability Uranus' Influence Sub-Neptune Planets Sub-Neptune Exoplanets TOI-6894 Chemical Goldilocks Zone

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

New spectra reveal a young gas giant shaping its birth disk.

Study Ties Planetary Habitability to a Narrow Oxygen Window in Core Formation

Rocky Outer Planet in LHS 1903 System Upends Planet-Formation Models

JWST Spots Sulfur in HR 8799 c, Strengthening Case for Core Accretion

Nature Study Weighs Four Young V1298 Tau Planets, Revealing Ultra‑Low Densities

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

SPHERE Survey Delivers 51 Resolved Debris Disks, Revealing Planet-Shaped Rings and Prime Follow-Up Targets

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Astronomers Directly Image a Forming Giant Planet Inside a Multi‑Ring Disk Gap

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315

Webb Reveals Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 System

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories