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Neat News 175 (added 2016-06-23)

Young Exoplanet Discovered

Public Domain by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Wendy Stenzel

Using the Kepler space telescope, an exoplanet has been discovered that is only 5-10 million years old. In comparison the earth has an estimated age of 4.5 billion years.

News seen at: Scientific American - The Sciences

Further Info

Image taken from Wikipedia
Wikipedia entry on the Kepler telescope
Wikipedia entry on exoplanets
Link to the scientific article in "Nature"

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