Tag Archive for 'TYC 8998-760-1c'

An artist’s rendition of the YSES-1 system consisting of the Sun-like star in the center, YSES-1b and its dusty circumplanetary disk (right), and YSES-1c with silicate clouds in its atmosphere (left). Image credit: Ellis Bogat.

Webb Observes Two Young Exoplanets in YSES-1 System

Jun 11, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected silicate clouds in the atmosphere of the exoplanet YSES-1c and a circumplanetary...

This image, captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant planets, TYC 8998-760-1b and TYC 8998-760-1c. The two planets are visible as two bright dots in the center (TYC 8998-760-1b) and bottom right (TYC 8998-760-1c) of the frame. Other bright dots, which are background stars, are visible in the image as well. Image credit: ESO / Bohn et al.

Astronomers Directly Image Two Giant Exoplanets around Young Sun-Like Star

Jul 22, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered a...