Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World

Hey, Space Placers!

Artist’s concept depicting Elias 2-24 b, the youngest exoplanet detected to date, still growing within the disk of gas and dust surrounding its young host star. Material from the disk is actively accreting onto the Jupiter-mass planet, which sits within a prominent gap in the disk, supporting the leading theory of giant planet formation.

W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

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