An international Astronomers
team lead by Sascha Quanz from ETH Zurich in Switzerland examined the gas and
dust disk around the young star HD 100546, which is located at a distance of
only 335 light years in relative closeness to our solar system. The researchers
were surprised when they found evidence of a planet that - surrounded in the
disk of theme around the young star - is still in the development process. This
possible planet would be a gas giant similar to Jupiter in our solar system.
