The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings.

The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

The planetary disk likely looks remarkably similar to how Earth's own solar system began 4.5 billion years ago.

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new type of that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter.

The growing planet, named WISPIT 2b, is estimated to be about 5 million years old – relatively young in terms – and five times bigger than the gas giant Jupiter. The international team of researchers who made the discovery say the planet is in an early stage of formation and is orbiting around a young star similar to –

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