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Lonely, young planet drifting in space without a star
It's just a newborn in planetary terms, and it's drifting all alone in space without a star to orbit. The solitary life of this newly discovered planet, with the catchy name PSO J318.5-22, has astronomers excited. Only 80 light-years from Earth, the 12 million-year-old planet has properties similar to those of gas-giant planets orbiting young stars.
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