A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
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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 closer to their stars than Mercury, and rocky worlds much larger than Earth ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...
For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...
NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.
Recently, a group of scientists created a detailed map of this space, showing that the bubble is lopsided in both shape and ...
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Why comet grew brighter as it passed through our solar system
The mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system grew significantly brighter as it left, according to ...
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