] An infant planet just a million years old is puzzling ] astrophysicists - it is simply too young to exist, ] according to the standard model of planet formation. ] ] ] Evidence for this precocious planet comes in the form of ] infrared radiation from the Taurus Molecular Cloud, about ] 400 light years away, detected by NASA's Spitzer space ] telescope. [ Well, iirc from my physics classes, all the planetary guys were quick to note that they're pretty clueless, all in all. Interesting development... -k] |