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November 20, 2015 06:00 pm
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First Images Ever Taken of a Planet Being Formed, 450 Light-Years From Earth
Zothecula writes: Of the many new exoplanets discovered over the past two decades, all have been identified as established, older planets – none have been acknowledged as newly-forming protoplanets. Now scientists working at the Keck observatory have spied just such a planet in the constellation of Taurus, some 450 light-years from Earth (abstract), that is only just beginning its life, collecting matter and spinning into a brand new world.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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