Planet Forming Around Star About 335 Light Years From Earth

          The Naval Research Laboratory has conducted a study on what seems to be a planet forming 335 light years away from Earth. This planet started to form after orbiting a newly formed star.  This planet is assumed to end up being a gas planet due to the fact it was formed in a big gas cloud.  This gas planet is predicted to be three times the mass of Jupiter.  If this planet continues to grow, there is a chance that it will create a planetary system.  The Naval Research Laboratory is writing this article about the astrophysicist, Dr. Sean Brittian from Clemson University in South Carolina who discovered this growing planet.

         I feel like finding a new planet is extremely eye opening.  What else could be out there in the depths of space?  It makes me wonder how much we don't know.  We find a growing planet 355 light years away... How do we know there isn't a growing solar system 1,000 light years away?!  I wish all of every society would be able to learn about this amazing wonder that is space, in their lives every single day.

Naval Research Laboratory.  (2014, September 8), Planet forming around star about 335 light years from Earth, ScienceDaily - Retrieved September 11, 2014, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908121511.htm