Rogue planet found growing at record rate ESO News

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Oct 2, 20251:14Science & Medicine

Astronomers have found an intense ‘growth spurt’ in a rogue planet –– a planet that doesn’t orbit a star. Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) reveal that this free-floating planet is eating up gas and dust...

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