04 December 2019
Giant planet found orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
... now, scientists had never found evidence of a surviving giant planet around a white dwarf. “It was one of those chance ...found in the deep atmospheric layers of icy, giant planets like Neptune and Uranus Follow-up observations using the X-Shooter...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
... today. Furthermore, a late gas accretion scenario is a more favourable and efficient method for accreting volatiles on a terrestrial planet than if it was bombarded my comets and meteorites, say the team - a situation that many think was responsible...
20 May 2020
Twisted feature could be the first direct evidence of a baby planet being born
... should be able to see directly and more precisely how the dynamics of the gas contributes to the formation of planets, Boccaletti concludes. This research can be found in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal under the heading; “Possible evidence...
25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
... greatly increase the stability of planetary configurations by preventing close encounters and collisions, identifying how and where planets like this form is a very important but as yet unanswered question in planetary science. As such, the TOI-178...
