Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet

The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection. Key Facts The […]
Posted on November 20, 2024
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