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Youngest Planet Ever Found | Science News
Astronomers have spotted the youngest planet ever found—just under a million years old—offering a rare live look at how planets form. Named Elias two-twenty-four b, this cosmic infant is still nestled in its birth cloud, challenging existing models that struggled even with older planet candidates. Discovered by sifting through archived NASA data using a coronagraph to block starlight, the planet was pinpointed in a disk gap where it should be forming. Confirmed by tracking its motion over four years, this direct observation could revolutionize our understanding of planetary birth—and with…
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