Giant planets like Jupiter need a large reservoir of gas to grow to full size. New observations indicate that such planetary nurseries last twice as long as previously thought.
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Lissauer, J. Time for gas planets to grow. Nature 409, 23–24 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35051182
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