A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.
Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS ...
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet ...
A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.
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Astronomers spot a solar system that by all logic should not exist
Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...
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Scientists have found a weird 'inside out' planetary system. Here's what it looks like
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.
A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...
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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 ...
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