Here is a bit more background on the significance of this particular finding and what it may tell us about our origins:

They found that there is a large gap between the inner and outer disk of planet-forming material, providing evidence for a planet carving out its orbit, just like what is thought to have happened in our own Solar System. This star is about one thousand times younger than the Sun – around 5 million years old – so it provides a glimpse into the distant past.

Systems like this, with a planet inside a gap in a proto-planetary disk – a disk of planet-forming dust and gas around a young star – are extremely rare; only one other has ever been found.

We’re looking forward to more information out of the team in Chile.

And here is a related video all about solar systems and how they work.  Big congrats to the team and we look forward to more findings to report.

thanks to iflscience.com for the great info

thanks to David Cabezas Jimeno (SEA) for the pic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX5NsK-Ge6I