Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...
Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar system lacks such a planet, scientists don’t know much about how they form. Astronomers ...
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Super-low density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form
Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
How did a planet this big form around a star this small? An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Liège and collaborators in UK, Chile, the USA, and Europe, ...
What seemed like new planets around Fomalhaut were actually expanding dust clouds from violent planetary collisions seen by Hubble.
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