Birth of a Planet: Secrets Revealed in Spectacular Image

Scientists have captured a developing planetary system in a groundbreaking photograph, showcasing clusters of matter that could give rise to gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn.

[Photo: ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons]

“We have been searching for signs of planet formation for ten years, so we couldn’t be more excited about this remarkable discovery,” exclaims Sebastián Pérez, an astrophysicist from the…