Astronomers detect a solar system they say should not be possible

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...
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Faraway solar system challenges theories of how planets form

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

'Inside-out' planetary system changes ideas of how new worlds form

Artist impression of the planetary system with four planets,around a small red star,called LHS1903. Caption: Astronomers have long thought solar systems follow a simple pattern similar to our own: ...

Astronomers detect ‘impossible’ solar system that defies planet formation theories

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...
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Meteor Showers Shed Light on Where Comets Formed in the Early Solar System

Protoplanetary disk. Figure from a computer simulation visualizing the formation of planets (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12278 ). Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. August 22, 2024, Mountain View, CA - An ...