In 2020, the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) captured a groundbreaking image of a planetary system still in its early stages of formation. Located about 300 light-years away, around the star TYC 8998-760-1, this system resembles a young version of our own Solar System. It’s the first direct image of two gas giant exoplanets orbiting a Sun-like star, a rare feat in the field of astronomy. The two gas giants are located much farther from their star than Jupiter or Saturn are from our Sun, at dist