'Dissecting' the oldest planet in the universe

With an estimated life expectancy of 12.7 billion years, the planet called PSR B1620-26b holds the oldest known planetary record.

Planet PSR B1620-26b.

Planet PSR B1620-26b was formed about 2 billion years after the Big Bang and planet PSR B1620-26b is 8 billion years older than our Earth.

The planet PSR B1620-26b revolves around two host stars, including a neutron star and a white dwarf 12,400 light-years from Earth. Planet PSR B1620-26b is actually a giant gas sphere with a mass of 2.5 times Jupiter.

Planet PSR B1620-26b does not have the necessary elements for life to appear like oxygen and carbon. Planet PSR B1620-26b belongs to the constellation Scorpius (Scorpius).

The planet PSR B1620-26b has a very special trait, which is its distance to the star so big that it takes about 100 years to turn around a star.