planet formation
Massive radio telescope array investigates the birth of planets around twin stars
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Astronomers have gained new insight into the formation of planets around twin stars that orbit one another. Despite the fact we are ...
Why smaller planets are better at building large moons
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New simulations that describe how moons, including Earth‘s own moon, formed strongly imply that exomoons are more likely to be found around ...
The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called ‘JuMBOs’ went rogue
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At the end of 2023, astronomers made a startling discovery in the Orion Nebula. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the ...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals how stellar blasts of radiation stunt planet birth
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Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate a stellar nursery packed with infant stars in the Orion Nebula. The ...
Massive exoplanet orbiting small star upends planet formation theories
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Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
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