Published in The Astrophysical Journal · View the paper (DOI)
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a second shadow sweeping across the face of TW Hydrae's vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk, suggesting the presence of two planets in slightly different orbital planes. The disks are likely proxies for these planets, which could be lapping each other as they whirl around the star.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Hubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · May 4, 2023 · first to report
- Playing shadow puppets with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope George Mason University · May 5, 2023