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The team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy and the Southern European Observatory recorded for the first time in history an image of the world. a planet at the moment of its "birth".
It is the celestial body PDS 70b, located in the constellation PDS 70, which consists of a giant planet composed mainly of gaseous elements and larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) , located about 370 light-years from Earth.
In the image disclosed it is possible to note the moment when the planet pbades through the gas and dust that surrounds the young star PDS 70, which can be seen in the picture as a black circle. Recording was possible only by using the SPHERE filter on a VLT telescope, which made it possible to block the intense brightness of the star and made possible the recording of the phenomenon. Through the badysis of the spectrum in the image of the planet, astronomers have also been able to conclude that the PDS 70b has a covered atmosphere.
"The discs around the young stars are the birthplaces of the planets, but only a few observations" Although the process of formation of new planets is already a subject widely discussed and studied in the field of astronomy, this is the first time we have detected traces of planets, "says Miriam Kepler, head of the team of scientists.
Moreover, as observed by André Müller, at the head of a team of researchers who also studied the planet PDS 70b, "Kepler's findings give us a new window on the complexities and early misunderstood phases of global evolution. "
Source: ScienceAlert
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