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fromFuturism
5 days ago

Scientists Spot "Rogue" Planet Floating Between Stars, Devouring Everything in Reach

Cha 1107-7626, a rogue planet five to ten times Jupiter's mass, is accreting surrounding material at about six billion tons per second, the fastest planetary accretion observed.
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fromwww.nature.com
1 week ago

Rogue' planet is fastest-growing ever observed

A planet is accreting gas and dust at up to 6 billion tonnes per second, likely accelerated by strong magnetic fields.
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fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Scientists baffled by black hole growing at 2.4x the theoretical limit

Supermassive black hole RACS J0320-35, about a billion solar masses and 12.8 billion light-years away, is accreting at 2.4 times the theoretical limit.
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