Cosmic curveball: Distant system challenges planet-formation theory

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...
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Cosmic rule-breaker: Researchers discover rocky planet that defies how worlds form

Astronomers have long believed that planetary systems follow a familiar blueprint. Small rocky planets ...
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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 ...
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This week in science: the power of a nap, planet birth and how wildfires affect water

NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the fires ...