Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World
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“Astronomers have identified a planet named Elias 2-24 b that is less than a million years old. The planet is still forming within its original disk of dust and gas, challenging existing planetary formation models.”
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History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us
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