How do you find a baby planet hidden in the dusty surroundings of a young star? We explore Elias 2-24 b, a giant planet in a system estimated to be less than a million years old. Follow the clues from ALMA's images of a disk gap to infrared observations and a fresh look at archival Keck data.
This remarkably young world gives astronomers a chance to investigate how giant planets assemble and shape their surroundings. We unpack what the observations reveal, why estimates of age and mass depend on models, and how studying planetary beginnings elsewhere can help illuminate the early history of our own solar system.
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