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As the exoplanet spirals ever closer to its aging star, it provides a chance to learn more about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve.
Planet AB Aurigae b is still in its "birthing" stages. But astronomists say it is already nine times the mass of Jupiter and it's forming in a unusual way.