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Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

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

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

Rogue Planet Cha 1107‑7626 Caught in Record Growth Spurt at 6 Billion Tons per Second

Astronomers Reveal Universe’s Earliest Supermassive Black Hole and Record 36-Billion-Solar-Mass Titan

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

Ultra-Detailed Thousand-Color Image Reveals Sculptor Galaxy’s Internal Structure

Astronomers Capture First Evidence of Quasar Radiation Halting Star Formation in Galaxy Collision