Tag: exoplanet formation
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Rogue Planet Accretion: Explosive Growth Revealed in Space
Rogue Planet Accretion: An Unprecedented Growth Spurt Astronomers have identified an enormous burst of growth in a wandering planet, a rogue world that drifts through interstellar space without a parent star. The object, Cha 1107-7626, is accumulating gas and dust at a staggering rate of about six billion tons per second — the highest accretion…