A young ‘cotton candy’ exoplanet the size of Jupiter may shrink into a super-Earth
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that a cotton candy-like planet the size of Jupiter, located about 350 light-years away, is shrinking and on its way to becoming a 'sub-Neptune' or 'super-Earth' ' format. world.
The extrasolar planet or 'exoplanet' called V1298 Tau b is not only one of the lightest planets ever discovered, but is also one of the youngest worlds ever discovered passing or 'crossing' the side of its star.
V1298 Tau b orbits an approximately 23 million year old star, which is just a baby compared to older stars like our middle-aged star, the Sun, ...