The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a distant sun-like star.

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar ...

Astronomers may have captured the rare moment of a planet forming around a young star, HD 135344B, 440 light-years away.

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT ...

Scientists have found a planet outside of the solar system, which was in the formation phase, by using the Very Large ...

Jul 21, 2025 Astronomers witness newborn planet sculpting the dust around it Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

Other telescopes contributing data included the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in Magdalena, New Mexico. The result: scientists found the same angle of polarization across the different wavelengths.

The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.

The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is one of the most powerful ground-based astronomical tools on the planet. Despite its name ...

The first direct detection of a protoplanet confirms a long-held theory while presenting new possibilities for understanding ...

Four years of tracking The researchers used the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) to capture the faint light of the potential planet.