Astronomers Discover Youngest Known Planet 450 Light-Years From Earth

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Elias 2-24 b is less than a million years old and is still accreting material from the gas and dust cloud

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US.- Astronomers confirmed the existence of Elias 2-24 b, a planet with an estimated age of less than a million years that still remains immersed in the disk of gas and dust that surrounds its star. The find offers an exceptional opportunity to observe the early stages of formation of a giant planet. The discovery [...] La entrada Discover the youngest known planet: Elias 2-24 b aparece primero en PSN Noticias.

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<p>Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, with less than 1 million years of age and mass similar to Jupiter. Exoplanet is located 450 light-years from Earth</p> <media:content url="https://nexo-uploads-beta.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2026/09/elias-00.webp" type="image/webp" medium="image"> <media:title> The star Elias 2-24. The surrounding white spot is the representation of the planet Elias 2-24 b </media:title> <media:cr…

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Elias 2-24 b is the youngest exoplanet detected to date and its formation is not yet complete. Above all, it confirms, by showing it before our eyes, the main theory explaining the formation of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn.

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With the participation of Argentine scientists Lucas Cieza and Santiago Orcajo, the research identified a world of less than a million years immersed in its cloud of origin 450 light years from Earth.

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Astronomers have made a breakthrough. They have discovered the youngest known exoplanet. Less than a million years old, it has been classified as Elias 2-24 b. Discovering it could help us better understand the formation of other planets, including Earth.