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Scientists have captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles ours. The new image is a kind of family portrait, showing two giant exoplanets orbiting a young, sun-like star some 300 light-years away. The image was taken using the European Southern Observatory Very large telescope, located …

The remains of a gas giant were seen orbiting a nearby star, astronomers reveal. The planet’s core is all that remains, but researchers think it was once a massive gaseous planet. What lies deep within the giant gas planets has long been a mystery to astronomers. Giant gas planets like …