ScienceElias 2-24 b is reportedly the youngest known exoplanet
EarthSky reports that the planet is less than a million years old, twice as massive as Jupiter and 450 light-years away.
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Astronomers have confirmed Elias 2-24 b as the youngest known exoplanet, Sci.News reports, with an estimated age of less than 1 million years. EarthSky says it is twice as massive as Jupiter and still wrapped in the disk of gas and dust surrounding its star. Sci.News says the planet is likely still gaining mass from that disk.
Elias 2-24 b is reportedly the youngest known exoplanet
EarthSky reports that the planet is less than a million years old, twice as massive as Jupiter and 450 light-years away.
