NASA scientists just announced the discovery of the youngest planet every found in the universe. The planet is named K2-33b, and closely orbits a new star — which makes the planet very hot. K2-33b is believed to be about 5-10 million years old, but when you put that in comparison to Earth, which is 4.5 billion years old, the new planet is just an infant.
Produced by Darren Weaver and Rebecca Harrington. Sources: NASA JPL, Nature, Caltech, and Smithsonian.
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