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  1. Jupiter-Like Planets Formed in Hundreds – Not Millions – of Years, Study Shows

    An accepted assumption in astrophysics holds that it takes more than 1 million years for gas giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn to form from the cosmic debris circling a young star. But new research suggests such planets form in a dramatically shorter period, as little as a few hundred years.