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News · 25 March 2026

Chloe Lawlor finds new planet Wispit 2C

Chloe Lawlor finds new planet Wispit 2C

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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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