Rare Newborn Planet May Be the Youngest Ever Detected

Monday, June 20, 2016 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

A distant, Neptune-size planet 500 light-years from Earth appears to be the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever found crossing its star, raising questions about how it formed so close, so quickly.

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