Washington: Astronomers have captured a remarkable event unfolding 620 light years away in the constellation Chamaeleon a young free floating planet dramatically consuming its surroundings. The celestial body known as Cha 1107 7626 is estimated to be only about one to two million years old and has a mass roughly five to ten times that of Jupiter.

Scientists from the European Southern Observatory and collaborating institutions observed that the rogue planet recently entered a sudden growth spurt devouring gas and dust at an astonishing rate of around six billion tons every second. This makes it the most powerful accretion event ever recorded for a planetary mass object.

What makes this discovery even more intriguing is how the planets behaviour mirrors that of a newborn star. Typically

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