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‘Rogue’ planet is fastest-growing ever observed

Cha 1107-7626 is devouring matter during its solo drift across the Galaxy.
A GIF of an artist’s animation showing orange gas and dust circling around a burning yellow planet

An artistic animation of the planet's accretion, which is probably being accelerated by strong magnetic fields, researchers say. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser

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A very hungry planet is gobbling up to 6 billion tonnes of gas and dust each second1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03208-z

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  1. Almendros-Abad, V. et al. Astrophys. J. 992, L2 (2025).

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