The youngest ever planet found, still hot unleashing energy - IBTimes India

Numerous planets have been discovered orbiting other stars, but scientists have found a new planet that is believed to have been one of the youngest ever identified.

Gaidos and his team utilised Maunakea's Keck Observatory to track the host star's location, establishing that planet 2M0437b was a close companion to the star.

A few million years ago, about the time the major Hawaiian Islands initially appeared well above the ocean, the planet originated with its star.

The planet and its parent star reside in the Taurus Cloud.

Extrasolar planet HD 110113 c circles the star HD 110113 every 6.7 days at a distance of 0.07 AU ( 10172655.2 km)