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Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World
nasa.gov · 4h · first report
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Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-funded archives. Called Elias 2-24 b, the baby planet is still whirling in its natal disk of dust and gas. “Our planet-formation models already struggled to explain the previous record holders for the youngest known […]
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- Baby planet observed orbiting young star 453 light years from Earth
boingboing.net · 3h
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