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Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time
The planets around a nearby star seem to be in the wrong order, hinting that they formed through a different mechanism than ...
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Astronomers spot a solar system that by all logic should not exist
Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...
An inside-out planetary system around the star LHS 1903 is turning everything that astronomers know about planet formation upside down.
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanetary system, 116 light-years away, that could redefine our understanding of how ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
An exoplanetary system located about 116 light-years from Earth may be reshaping scientists’ understanding of how planets ...
Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...
Typically, from what astronomers have gathered thus far, star systems follow a tidy logic: small, rocky worlds huddle close to the warmth of their star, while massive gas giants bloat up in the colder ...
Astronomers have found a unique planetary system orbiting a red dwarf star. The system includes a rocky planet situated beyond its gaseous siblings, contradicting existing planet formation theories.
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