Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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This video zooms into WISPIT 2, a young star surrounded by a disc of gas and dust where at least two planets are being born.
The video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The clip begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light. It then transitions to an infrared image captured with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The video ends with a close-up taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), showing both planets carving out gaps in the disc around the star. The star itself is not visible in this last image, as its light has been blocked to reveal the faint structures around it.
Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/VHS team/C. Lawlor, R. F. van Capelleveen et al. Music: Azul Cobalto
scitechdaily.com/astronomers-capture-two-giant-planets-forming-in-real-time-around-distant-star
This video zooms into WISPIT 2, a young star surrounded by a disc of gas and dust where at least two planets are being born.
The video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The clip begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light. It then transitions to an infrared image captured with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The video ends with a close-up taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), showing both planets carving out gaps in the disc around the star. The star itself is not visible in this last image, as its light has been blocked to reveal the faint structures around it.
Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/VHS team/C. Lawlor, R. F. van Capelleveen et al. Music: Azul Cobalto
