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Searching for Embedded #Protoplanets with the Keck/NIRC2 Vortex Coronagraph - Confirmation of a Core-accretion Planet in the Narrow Gap of the Elias 2-24 Disk: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae9bb6 -> Youngest Exoplanet Yet Discovered Found Hiding in Keck Observatory Data: https://keckobservatory.org/elias224b/ - astronomers confirm a giant planet still forming around its young star, offering a rare glimpse into how planetary systems take shape.