Humanity has captured its first-ever image of a multi-planet system orbiting a star similar to the Sun.
Discover the viral sensation spreading across the internet. Check out the community’s top reactions below.
Top Reddit Reactions
“Somewhere out there, they’re looking at their first image of *us*”
“For those curious, this is a young star named YSES 1 which has two planets, the bright dot in the middle and the dim one in the bottom right. Both planets are gas giants several times Jupiter’s mass, with inner planet b being at least 14 times Jupiter’s mass and therefore more likely a brown dwarf rather than a planet. They gain one mass of the asteroid 21 Lutetia’s worth of material a year, and their atmospheric compositions are known. b orbits at \~146 AU and c orbits at 320 AU.”
“*This happened 6 years ago”