Jaw-Dropping Direct Image Shows a Baby Exoplanet Over 400 Light-Years Away

https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 25 OCTOBER 2021 | MICHELLE STARR

[Red Badger]

X-O Planet Pingy!.........................

[Scarlett156]

So, this is literally finding a needle in a haystack. Science!

[dangus]

X took center square... O’s turn.

Although I was thinking “minesweeper” from the picture.

[bgill]

The little tyke is sure throwing a temper tantrum.

[C210N]

Can we tell it’s gender yet? Or do we have to wait a few billion years for it to tell us what gender it wants to be?

[Larry Lucido]

If it explodes pink, it’s a girl.

[Track9]

So if you were standing on Pluto, this is about how earth would look.

[Verginius Rufus]

The light we are seeing from that exoplanet started its way to us in 1604, a year after Queen Elizabeth I died.

[Red Badger]

well, it’s got a fever of 2,060° to 2,240°F!......................

[Red Badger]

Light was slower back then........................

[BipolarBob]

Planned Parenthood is saddened this one got away from them.

[Vaquero]

I can’t imagine an optical telescope showing a disc at 400 Ly. The pixels would show cubes.

[Telepathic Intruder]

And it’s already undergoing climate change, which means it must be populated by humans driving cars. Ergo, the first proof of extraterrestrials.

[Red Badger]

The BORG!...............................

[bert]

Planets accrete

[Sirius Lee]

The exquisite data from the Keck Observatory

Top Keck, eh?

[Telepathic Intruder]

They accrete, heat up from gravitational contraction and sport utility vehicles, then cool down by radiation. Hence all the infrared light.

[Vaquero]

https://youtu.be/aRY5F2IsKRs

[notdownwidems]

Question: why is this ‘jaw-dropping’?