NASA’s newest planet discovery is unlike anything seen before

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NASA’s newest planet discovery is unlike anything seen before Nagaland Post Astronomers discover a giant, rocky 'mega-Earth' 23 times more massive than our planet Space At 23.5 times Earth’s mass, GJ 523b is massive enough that standard planet-formation models struggle to explain why it didn’t accumulate a huge hydrogen-helium envelope — yet the planet is extraordinarily dense and apparently mostly rock, and astronomer Space Daily New 'mega-Earth' found in space. What did astronomers discover? Detroit Free Press Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b Sci.News

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