Found! 'Young Jupiter,' the Smallest Exoplanet Directly Seen by Telescope
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have detected the smallest alien planet yet to be directly photographed by a telescope on Earth, a methane-shrouded gas giant much like a young Jupiter. The planet 51 Eridani b orbits a star 96 light-years from Earth and resembles a young Jupi