A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.
A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional ...
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital art of distant planet - Dottedhippo/Getty Images On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by ...
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