A rare “sibling” which is likely to share a similar orbit with a Jupiter-like planet around a young star has been found by astronomers. Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array of telescopes (ALMA) has been used by researchers in Chile to observe the PDS 70 system which is located at a distance of 370 light-years from the Centaurus constellation.

Astronomers discover rare Trojan which may share orbit with Jupiter-like planet

Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 sharing Earth's orbit and has been estimated to hang around for at least 4000 years before zipping off to parts elsewhere.

New Trojan asteroid discovered sharing Earth's orbit, estimated to hang around for at least 4000 yrs

NASA launched a first-of-its kind mission on Saturday to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of space rocks that scientists believe are remnants of primordial material that formed the solar system's outer planets.

'Lucy in the sky': NASA space mission lifts off, will study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

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