# Direct Confirmation Of Two Baby Planets Forming Around A Young Sun-like Star - Date: 2026-03-25 - Category: Space & Aerospace Astronomers have confirmed a second planet actively forming in a young planetary system 437 light-years away — and they caught it the same way you'd separate a firefly from a spotlight: extremely precise hardware. WISPIT 2 is a five-million-year-old star, young enough that its planets are still ... ---