Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record — a 'newborn' named Elias

Astronomers have discovered the youngest exoplanet on record, and they spotted the "newborn" world hiding in old data archives. About as massive as Jupiter, the newly-discovered exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is one big baby —despite its hefty size, Elias 2-24 b is by far the youngest planet ever found, thought to be less than a million years old. In fact, the exoplanet (or, planet outside of our solar system) was located 450 light-years away from Earth, still resting in the swirling gas and dust