Wide separation gas giant planets present a challenge to current planet formation theories, and the detection and characterisation of these systems enables us to constrain their formation pathways.
![[LEFT] A.1: WISPIT 1b, 1c, and background sources highlighted in the H-band median-combined image of epoch 2022-11-19. [RIGHT] WISPIT 1b, 1c, and background sources highlighted in the Ks-band median-combined image of epoch 2024-11-30. -- astro-ph.EP](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WIde-Separation-Planets-In-Time.png?resize=1200%2C721&ssl=1)
Wide separation gas giant planets present a challenge to current planet formation theories, and the detection and characterisation of these systems enables us to constrain their formation pathways.