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Free-Floating Exoplanet Found Growing at Record Rate


Cha J11070768-7626326 (Cha 1107-7626 for short), a young, isolated exoplanet between 5 and 10 times the mass of Jupiter, has experienced a record-breaking ‘growth spurt,’ hoovering up some 6 billion tons of gas and dust each second over a couple of months, according to new observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

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