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  • Initial analysis suggests that the object – referred to as TWA 7b – could be a young, cold planet with a mass around 0.3 times that of Jupiter (~100 Earth masses) and a temperature near 320 Kelvin (roughly 47 degrees Celsius). Its location aligns with a gap in the disc, hinting at a dynamic interaction between the planet and its surroundings.

    Debris discs filled with dust and rocky material are found around both young and older stars, although they are more easily detected around younger stars as they are brighter. They often feature visible rings or gaps, thought to be created by planets that have formed around the star, but such a planet has yet to be detected within a debris disc.

    Once verified, this discovery would mark the first time a planet has been directly associated with sculpting a debris disc and could offer the first observational hint of a trojan disc – a collection of dust trapped in the planet’s orbit.

    TWA 7, also known as CE Antilae, is a young (~6.4 million years old) M-type star located about 111 light-years away in the TW Hydrae association. Its nearly face-on disc made it an ideal target for Webb’s high-sensitivity mid-infrared observations.















  • Thank you for answering! And thank you for posting such a varied selection of art here so consistently!

    Your answer was exactly what I was looking for, confirmation that I’m not missing something obvious.

    After looking at it for a while, I’d say what this looks like to me is the view you’d get from a darkened doorway (or window) and seeing a glimpse of a sunset/sunrise over distant mountains. All covered up in an unconventional semi-pointillist technique (that apparently was pretty pervasive in her work, I’m learning) and lack of details.

    That kind of scene would evoke a feeling of wanderlust mixed with either regret or anticipation (sunset/sunrise). But it’s all very vague and full of alternatives.

    I think that the comparison of abstract art to classical art is sort of like comparing quantum physics to classical physics. Not in the difficulty rating though; classical art is incomparably more difficult to get right.

    Whereas classical art & physics deal with crisp, clear representations that delight in trying to be as precise as they can be, abstract art, like the physics, describes fields of probabilities and multiple paths/interpretations that overlap and interplay. Abstract art doesn’t want us to admire a thing, but a hopefully cleverly crafted cloud of possible ‘things’ it could be suggesting at once using just a few vague strokes.

    The viewer could collapse their own personal waveform on one interpretation but I think you’re right, we’re supposed to admire the fog, not try to see through it.