Photo: Newborn Planet Found Orbiting Young Star

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A newborn planet orbits close to the young parent star TW Hydrae inside a dusty disk of material in an artist's rendering.

The discovery of the planet offers the first observational evidence that planets form early in the life of their host stars, a new study says.

Graphic courtesy Johny Setiawan

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