Astronomers have found the oldest and most distant planet known in the universe.
OLD ORB. Artist’s view of the planet (top) orbiting a pulsar and its white dwarf companion (two brightest dots at lower left) in the globular cluster M4. NASA and G. Bacon/STScI
Residing 7,200 light-years away, the planet weighs 2.5
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