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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline
Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
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Inside-out planetary system turns our understanding of how planets form upside-down
We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...
Astronomers have finally figured out how the most common types of planets in our galaxy are formed—by watching a set of baby planets grow up in real time. These worlds, found in a young star system ...
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, ...
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