Faintest Planet Ever Spotted | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews After a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek, scientists have finally captured the faintest directly imaged planet ever seen — a gas giant orbiting the young star Beta Pictoris, quietly hiding in plain sight beside two already known planets. Two independent teams stumbled upon it simultaneously, turning up the heat on how we detect worlds beyond our solar system. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f23aa953516f5784