Astronomers ‘find evidence of two planets under construction in distant star’

The researchers analysed data captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and found two shadows in the gas-and-dust disk of the TW Hydrae star system.

An artist’s concept of gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae (Leah Hustak/STScI/Nasa/Aura/ESA)

Astronomers believe they have found evidence of two planets under construction in a distant young star around 200 light years away from Earth.

Scientists have spotted two shadows in a disk of gas and dust surrounding TW Hydrae, thought to be cast by two smaller disks nestled inside the star system.