Discovered: newborn exoplanets far, far away

By Peter Spinks
Updated June 23 2016 - 5:13pm, first published June 22 2016 - 7:19pm
An artist's impression of K2-33b, one of the youngest fully formed exoplanets ever found, and its parent star. <i>Image: NASA, JPL, Caltech</i>
An artist's impression of K2-33b, one of the youngest fully formed exoplanets ever found, and its parent star. <i>Image: NASA, JPL, Caltech</i>
Image: NASA. JPL, Caltech
Image: NASA. JPL, Caltech
An artist's impression of some bigger, hot Jupiter exoplanets. <i>Image: NASA</i>
An artist's impression of some bigger, hot Jupiter exoplanets. <i>Image: NASA</i>
The giant Keck telescope, atop sky-high Mauna Kea in Hawaii, found the infant exoplanets. Photo: Keck Telescope
The giant Keck telescope, atop sky-high Mauna Kea in Hawaii, found the infant exoplanets. Photo: Keck Telescope
Closed for business: Hawaii's Keck takes time out. Photo: Keck Telescope
Closed for business: Hawaii's Keck takes time out. Photo: Keck Telescope
The complex mirror assembly of the giant Keck telescope. Photo: Keck Observatory
The complex mirror assembly of the giant Keck telescope. Photo: Keck Observatory

Scientists have unearthed two distant infant worlds, among the youngest ever found, that shed light on how planets form.

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