Observers believe AB Aurigae b is at the earliest stage of formation ever observed for a gas giant, and isn't forming the way planets usually do
Scientists have observed an enormous planet about nine times the mass of Jupiter at a remarkably early stage of formation – describing it as still in the womb – in a discovery that challenges the current understanding of planetary formation.
Gigantic Jupiter-like alien planet observed still 'in the womb'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have observed an enormous planet about nine times the mass of Jupiter at a remarkably early stage of formation - describing it as still in the womb - in a discovery that challenges the current understanding of planetary formation.
The researchers used the Subaru Telescope located near the summit of an inactive Hawaiian volcano and the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope to detect and study the planet, a gas giant orbiting unusually far from its young host star.
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Rare glimpse of giant planet still 'in the womb' yet nine times the mass of Jupiter https://t.co/jLAxVumdfr guardian (from London) Tue Apr 05 03:23:28 +0000 2022
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