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Space and Astronomy Baby Planet Still Glowing: In a landmark observation, astronomers directly imaged an infant planet still hot from its birth. The gas giant WISPIT 2b, roughly five Jupiters in mass and only ~5 million years old, was discovered orbiting within a multi-ring dust disk around a young star scitechdaily.com. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, the team captured WISPIT 2b shining in infrared – essentially catching it in the act of formation scitechdaily.com. It’s the first unambiguous photo of a planet in a multi-ring protoplanetary disk, offering a rare glimpse at early planet evolution scitechdaily.com. “Capturing an