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Experts are finally getting a look at how the universe builds its most common planets
A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.
"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...
Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...
The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot Jupiter" planets may not be lonely giants after all. The findings could force scientists to revise their ...
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of ...
Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...
Hubble reveals the largest planet-forming disk ever seen, Dracula's Chivito, showing a chaotic and uneven environment around ...
What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.
An artist’s impression of the two new planets discovered. An inner super-Earth, here seen transiting in front of the orange host-star and an icy giant planet on the periphery of the system. The ...
With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.
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