Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained Date: September 3, 2020 Source: Carnegie Institution for Science Summary: In our Solar System, the eight planets and many ...

A new model that accounts for the interplay of forces acting on newborn planets can explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up repeatedly among the more than 3,800 planetary systems ...

Early planetary migration can explain missing planets Model accounts for scarcity of planets with masses between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes Peer-Reviewed Publication Rice University ...

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Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...

This planetary migration might also explain an observation that has puzzled researchers for several years: the relatively low number of exoplanets with sizes about twice as large as Earth, known ...

One popular explanation for Jupiter's fuzzy core involved a catastrophic collision early in the planet's history. Scientists ...

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New ideas about stellar evolution help explain why astronomers see so many bright planetary nebulae where they ought not be.

Despite a small funding boost for 2023, NASA’s planetary science programs still face “significant stress” financially that contributed to a mission delay.