NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler has spotted the youngest planet ever found outside our Solar System. Dubbed K2-33b, this exoplanet is about 5 to 10 million years old. That may seem pretty damn old for the likes of you and me, but in the timeline of the Universe, this world is a mere infant. The Universe is thought to be about 14 billion years old, while Earth has been around for the last 4.5 billion years. Finding an exoplanet this young is pretty rare, and astronomers hope it can teach us more about planetary formation.
Youngest known exoplanet could teach us a thing or two about planet formation
Continue Reading
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Youngest known exoplanet could teach us a thing or two about planet formation"
Post a Comment