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    Youngest confirmed planet discovered

    Sep 04, 2019 1 minute
    STEVE MURRAY

    Observations of the youngest confirmed exoplanet, the young hot Jupiter known as CI Tau b, suggest that it formed via gravitational collapse.

    Christopher Johns-Krull (Rice University) and Lisa Prato (Lowell Observatory) presented the results.

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