Record Growth of Rogue Planet at 6 Billion Tons Per Second
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An international team using ESO's VLT and JWST has observed a rogue planet, Cha 1107-7626, growing at a record rate of 6 billion tonnes per second, with recent bursts of accretion resembling EXor-type outbursts, providing new insights into the formation and behavior of free-floating planets.
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