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Astronomers say they have discovered the youngest planet to date circling a sunlike star, a find that will be a boon to the field of planet-formation theory.

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    dexlovex28 months, 1 week ago

    "This demonstrates that planets can form within 10 million years, before the disk has been dissipated by stellar winds and radiation,"

    This will show that there are many more planets than were detected before circling yellow stars.

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      marshx8 months, 1 week ago

      good news, we can migrate to this new planet after we've destroyed our own!!

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        rdy2rck8 months, 1 week ago

        If you believe in UFOs, maybe that's why were being visited, how not to screw up a planet

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        DropkickaLib8 months, 1 week ago

        Denis Kucinich saw it first!

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