Baby Jupiters Must Gain Weight Fast
This photograph from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the young star cluster NGC 2362. By studying it, astronomers found that gas giant planet formation happens very rapidly and efficiently, within less than 5 million years.
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PIA11747
Date Created
January 6, 2009
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JPL
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