- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This photograph from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the young star
cluster NGC 2362. By studying it, astronomers found that gas giant planet
formation happens very rapidly and efficiently, within less than 5 million
years, meaning that Jupiter-like worlds experience a growth spurt in their
infancy.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
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