The First Direct Image of a Baby Planet Being Born! (Maybe!) (But Probably!) October 20, 2011 The First Direct Image of a Baby Planet Being Born! (Maybe!) (But Probably!) By the Editor on October 20, 2011 in Around_the_Web Astronomers may have, for the first time, directly imaged a planet still in the process of formation, gathering material from a debris disk surrounding its parent star. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailLinkedIn Tags:BIG History, Stages, Stars