Indian American student team discovers Jupiter like planet

Washington: An international team of astronomers, including an Indian American PhD student, has discovered a Jupiter like exoplanet outside earth's solar system just a 100 light years away. Researchers including Rahul Patel, a PhD student in Physics & Astronomy Department of Stony Brook University, New York, are calling the exoplanet a "young Jupiter" because it shares many characteristics of Jupiter. The finding could serve as a decoder ring for astronomers to understand how planets formed around the sun as it provides an opportunity to look at younger star systems in the earlier phase of development, according to a media release.