'Baby' Super-Neptune Found Orbiting Close To Star | Video

Monday, June 20, 2016 - 14:01 in Astronomy & Space

Young star system K2-33 hosts a planet that orbits 10 times closer to it than Mercury does to the Sun. The planet, named K2-33b, is slightly larger than Neptune and is only 5-10 million years old.

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