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Data from Hawaiʻi’s W. M. Keck Observatory reveals youngest planet outside solar system

The planet, known as Elias 2-24 b, is still gathering material from the disk of gas and dust surrounding its young host star, allowing scientists to study a giant planet that is growing.
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