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  Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of a Baby Planet Forming Around a Star For the first time in human history, astronomers have captured a direct image of a baby planet still forming inside a ring of dust and gas around a young star. This extraordinary discovery gives us a rare look at how planets are born—something scientists have only been able to explain through theory until now. The universe has finally revealed one of its deepest secrets: the moment a world begins. 🌌 Introduction: A Historic Cosmic Discovery Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have imaged what is believed to be a newborn planet forming in a protoplanetary disk —a ring of dust and gas that surrounds a young star. This marks the first confirmed visual evidence of planet formation in progress , a breakthrough that brings us closer to understanding how planets—including Earth—came into existence. The discovery was made around a young star called PDS 70 , located about 370 light-year...