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News · 25 March 2026

Chloe Lawlor finds new planet Wispit 2C

Chloe Lawlor finds new planet Wispit 2C

Understanding how planets form helps scientists learn about our own solar system's origins. University of Galway student Chloe Lawlor found a new planet, Wispit 2C, orbiting an infant star 437 light years away. This gas giant, likely ten times Jupiter's mass, is the second forming planet found in the Wispit 2 system.

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