Elias 2-24 b — Youngest Known Exoplanet
24 September 2026
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Elias 2-24 b — Youngest Known Exoplanet
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Astronomers have confirmed Elias 2-24 b, a planet estimated to be less than one million years old, making it the youngest confirmed exoplanet known so far. The finding was announced in September 2026 and is based largely on observations preserved in the NASA-funded W. M. Keck Observatory Archive.
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Elias 2-24 b, confirmed as the youngest exoplanet at under 1 million years old, reveals how massive gas giants form at vast distances from their stars.
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Elias 2-24 bexoplanet discoveryyoungest planetplanet formationgas giantprotoplanetary diskW.M. Keck ObservatoryALMA observations