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Astronomers discover baby exoplanet

2/12/2020, 11:58:19 PM


The planets need millions of years to form. Normally when astronomers locate them they are old. However, researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New ...

The planets need millions of years to form. Normally when astronomers locate them they are old. However, researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York located a giant baby exoplanet 330 light years from Earth. The exoplanet, called "2MASS 1155-7919 b", has 10 times the mass of Jupiter. Discover how is your star.