This is the fastest growth ever seen in a planet, and it’s giving scientists new clues about how such lonely worlds are born. It is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust that constantly falls onto the planet, a process known as accretion. While accretion is common in young stars and planets, the speed at which this planet is feeding is astonishing. The discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with additional data from the James Webb Space Telescope and older observations from another VLT instrument. Similar changes have been seen in stars, but this is the first time they have been observed in a planet.