HONOLULU (AP) — Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet being born.
Adam Kraus,
of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, said the planet
is being formed out of dust and gas circling a 2-milion-year-old star
about 450 light years from Earth.
The planet itself, based on scientific models of how planets form, is estimated to have started taking shape about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago.
Called LkCa 15 b, it's the youngest planet ever observed. The previous record holder was about five times older. link
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