"This infrared Hubble Space Telescope view may contain the first ever direct image of a planet outside our own Solar System. The picture shows a very young double star located about 450 light-years away toward the constellation of Taurus. Cataloged as TMR-1 (Taurus Molecular Ring star 1), the binary system is still embedded in the dust cloud that formed it. This double star and dust cloud are the brightest grouping in the picture, glowing strongly at infrared wavelengths. A filament extends from the binary system toward the lower left and points toward the spot of light representing the candidate planet. Astronomers believed this planet is a "runaway" object which was gravitationally ejected, the filament tracing the path to its present location at about 1500 times the Earth-Sun distance from the parent star system. Models suggested that the planet and binary system are a mere 300,000 years old, with the planet having a mass of about 2 to 3 Jupiters. While this and other tantalising discoveries of extrasolar planetary objects and protoplanetary disks don't seem to offer direct examples of Solar Systems like our own, they do strongly hint that that planet formation is a varied and common process."
"Two parallel studies have captured the first pictures of a protoplanet as it forms within a disk-shaped structure containing multiple rings of dust and gas (Astrophys. J., doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/adf7a5 and 10.3847/2041-8213/adf721). With images and data obtained at both visible and infrared wavelengths, the confirmed sighting offers a model system for astronomers to study the mechanisms that enable planets to form and grow."
(image left: An optical image of the WISPIT-2 system reveals a protoplanet (purple dot) within a gap in a multi-ringed disk of gas and dust [Image: Laird Close, University of Arizona] image right: An image taken of WISPIT-2 in infrared wavelengths reveals the detailed structure of the protoplanetary disk [Image: ESO/R F van Capelleveen et al.])
"Many of the planet-forming disks that surround young stars have been observed to display multiple rings with gaps between them, suggesting that the material is being subsumed into a growing planet. However, only three of these protoplanets have been discovered to date, and none of these have been seen within a gap in the ring structure.
In this case, the astronomers turned their attention to WISPIT-2, a young star with a mass similar to our sun. Suspecting that the disk orbiting this star might harbor one or more emerging planets, they observed the system at visible wavelengths using the Magellan Telescopes and in the near-infrared using the Very Large Telescope, both of which are located in Chile’s Atacama Desert."
"“As planets form and grow, they suck in hydrogen gas from their surroundings,” explains Laird Close of the University of Arizona, USA, who led the team that built the MagAO-X system. “When the gas hits the surface of the protoplanet it creates extremely hot plasma that in turn emits a particular light signature.”"
TheiaaaAAAA!!!! A theorized planet that couldn've had the same orbit as Earth! Sadly they supposedly crashed into the Earth but this helped create our moon in the process. Alla theory but canon in Sooarballs the show ^^
Greek styled hair and clothing, I'm not great at cloth I'll work on it as I go 😅.
Image ID: A green slime girl (named Guz) tenderly holding a yellow slime girl (Slamtha). Slamtha is curled up sitting in fetal position on the ground and looks shocked or scared, and Guz looks concerned and is kneeling down and wrapping her arms around her. Slamtha has three eyes (only two are visible to the viewer) and an offset mouth, and she is wearing a red dress, and Guz is wearing a starfleet engineering uniform as seen during the mid-2380s flashbacks in Star Trek Picard season 1, that is, a black jumpsuit with yellow stripes and angular yellow shoulder pattern with a delta-shield badge on the left breast. They are on the ground on a young volcanic planet with a volcanic moon in the sky that has just been hit with a major impact, with a cone of debris spewing out. the sky is alight with bright meteors, including one which has hit the ground near the horizon line. End image ID.
This drawing was actually a request from my friend Ray. The background was going to be pretty much an afterthought, until I asked him what it should be, and he told me it should be some kind of dangerous planet. The planet is a young world, only a few million years old. The haze across the sky is the zodiacal light, which shines bright enough to see during the day and is made up of a dense cloud of asteroids and protoplanets still in the process of accreting. The moon in the sky is somewhat like what the Earth’s moon looked like 3-4 billion years ago, although the timeline of lunar volcanism and major impact basin formation are not the same and the volcanism was probably a lot subtler with less permanent standing bodies of molten lava. Artistic license!
And then Ray, the madlad, wrote a whole piece of short fiction about the drawing, which you can read under the cut!
All of a sudden, the whipping, snarling beast choked on her howls. The watery gargle in her throat grew as loud as her scream, and she wordlessly pleaded for something more secret, something that stung much deeper than all of Slamtha's words before.
Her eyes snapped closed. She twisted her head to one side to gather herself and block out the bile of emotion that had lodged itself in her throat. As she wrestled herself, the wetness around her brow trickled down and over her eyes, threatening to seal the seam of her sight.
"This is your fault." She spat when she forced her eyes open again, honey oozing down her cheeks. Guz clutched the heart of her uniform into her palm and tightened her jaw. Whether Slamtha meant their accidental displacement to this erupting planet or how she's presently at her end of her rope, whichever hurt more would certainly be her intention.
Guz took one step forward, and Slamtha took one step backward. She squeezed her fists together. Why was she moving away? She was falling apart!
"I want to help you!" She cringed through her falter. It was always the same. She abided by Starfleet's core values with ample questioning for her duties, but when it came to Slamtha, this irrational, desperate part reared its ugly head without a second thought. She wasn't a hero. She wasn't a savior. Yet, despite this, she'd plunge far beyond her station to claw at the one who slipped between her fingers.
Slamtha ebbed back before collapsing on the ground entirely when a wild, rocky projectile blasted against the ground. Guz dashed over again, betraying herself, but her golden hands smacked Guz's away when she neared.
"Stay away from me." She seethed. "I don't want your help." She sobbed. "I can-"
Guz was cradling Slamtha close again. The tile flooring of the university building was sterile against her form, but everything felt barren back then. She felt Slamtha's breathing slow through the pressure around her chest. Her hiccups subsided, and they sat alone there, despite the passersby, for what seemed like hours.
The impact a few yards away torched the lingering memory. Slamtha pulled herself close to her knees. Suddenly, a weight clasped over top of hers once more. The feeling of droplets landing on her shoulder and shirt was a wordless resignation. While she screamed at herself to run, there was a pull more immense than her fear that kept her rooted.
Protoplanet: 59 frames, 8 colors, 128x128px. I do pixel art too, Been experimenting with blender, the last few came out kinda bland but this one is much closer to what I've been looking to make. On my ALT deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/junksprite/art/Protoplanet-874774663
