Scientists Found a Planet Older Than the Sun 😳 #facts #space #physics #sun #astronomy #shortsfeed

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]Scientists found a planet that survives in a place where planets aren't supposed to exist and nobody expected it to be there. The planet [music] is called PSRB1620-26b.

[00:00:13]But astronomers nicknamed it the Methuselah planet because it's one of the oldest planets ever discovered. It's estimated to be around 12.7 billion years old. For comparison, Earth is only about 4.5 billion years old.

[00:00:29]That means this planet formed when the universe was still young, before Earth, before the Sun, before our entire solar system. And somehow it survived exploding stars, violent radiation, and billions of years of cosmic chaos. This ancient world has existed for nearly the entire history of the universe itself. When you look at this planet, you're looking at a survivor from the dawn of time.

[00:00:52]Scientists found a planet [music] that survives in a place where planets aren't supposed to exist and nobody expected it to be there. The planet is called PSRB1620-26b.

[00:01:05]But astronomers nicknamed it the Methuselah planet because it's one of the oldest planets ever discovered. It's estimated to be around 12.7 billion years old. For comparison, Earth is only about 4.5 billion years old.

[00:01:21]That means this planet formed when the universe was still young, before Earth, before the Sun, before our entire solar system. And somehow it survived exploding stars, violent radiation, and billions of years of cosmic chaos. This ancient world has existed for nearly the entire history of the universe itself. When you look at this planet, you're looking at a survivor from the dawn of time.