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    Post Gas Giants Turn Up Early After Star Formation

    New research indicates that gas giants, like Jupiter and Saturn, form quickly after their stars do. In fact, they probably form within the first 10 million years of a star's life, or else they never form at all. ...

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    Default new planet to live in?

    maybe this is a new planet we can live in but it is impossible to build an interstellar spaceship!!!

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    Well I know that if Jupiter were a little bigger it would have become a star, so is that in some way connected to it's early formation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by lpgeorge123 View Post
    Well I know that if Jupiter were a little bigger it would have become a star, so is that in some way connected to it's early formation?

    Actually it needs to be 80 times as massive to ignite due to gravity pressure
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