Incredible images show a distant world sculpting spirals of dust around it

Astronomers have captured the birth of a distant planet for the very first time. These incredible images reveal the moment a planet begins to sculpt spirals of dust and gas around its home star. This young planet orbits the star HD 135344B, which is located around 440 light-years from Earth. The scientists who made this world-first discovery say that the planet is likely twice the size of Jupiter and is as far from its star as Neptune is from the Sun. Scientists know that planets are formed from spinning halos of hot material known as protoplanetary discs , which form around very young stars. As planets start to form, they 'sweep' their orbits to produce intricate patterns of rings, gaps, and spirals in the dust.