A Renvyle woman has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new planet.
Chloe Lawlor, at PhD student at University of Galway, has discovered a second early stage planet in the same system where her team discovered another planet last year.
It means this is just the second time in history that a multi-planet system in the early stages of formation has been recorded.
It's believed the WISPIT system could provide deep insight into how our own solar system formed billions of years ago.
The latest planet found is called WISPIT 2c and it's around 430 light years away from Earth - that's more than four quadrillion kilometers away.
Chloe has been speaking to David Nevin about the discovery.
Very Large Telescope images of two planets (WISPIT 2b and the newly discovered WISPIT 2c) forming around the young star WISPIT 2. Photo credit: ESO/C. Lawlor, R. F. van Capelleveen et al.
Chloe Lawlor, PhD student, Centre for Astronomy, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway. Photo: Martina Regan
Professor Frances Fahy, Director of Ryan Institute; Chloe Lawlor PhD student, Centre for Astronomy and School of Natural Sciences; Dr Christian Ginski, Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway. Photo: Martina Regan
