False Color Protoplanet Formation

Follow-Up Observations Show Potential Planet TMR-1C is Really a Star

This NASA Hubble Telescope near-infrared image of newborn binary stars (image center) reveals a long thin nebula pointing toward a faint companion object (bottom left) which could be the first extrasolar planet to be imaged directly. The brightest objects in the image are the...

Potential Protoplanet TMR-1C is Really a Star

Ground-based (Digitized Sky Survey) image of TMR-1C region

Simulated image of planetary formation

False color image of two gas giant protoplanets that have formed quickly in a disk of gas and dust. Each of the two protoplanets (yellow-red blobs) contains several Jupiter-masses of gas and dust. They orbit at distances of about 5 and 10 times the Earth's distance from the Sun...

Identification of features of TWR-1C

Location of TMR-1C on the Sky

Zoom-In/Visualization of TMR-1C Planet

Zooming into the Taurus star-forming cloud, as seen in visible light, the young binary and planet are revealed as the wavelength shifts to the near infrared. A simulated 3D flyby indicates a possible interpretation of the layout of this region and its possible young planet.

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