10 April 2017
Super-Jupiter mass planet found in the galactic bulge
... Sun and is likely located in the Galactic bulge. The massive planet, known as MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb, was discovered by the Microlensing...predicted to be rare by the core accretion theory of planet formation, but as light from the event was also covered ...
03 July 2019
New study reveals detailed exoplanet atmosphere
...born in. "This is a big discovery from the planet formation perspective. The planet orbits very close to the star and is far ... and that's what makes it striking." Clues about the planet's nature and origin have been determined by astronomers using a...
11 December 2019
Water abundance lower than expected on exoplanets
... potassium (K) as these elements can provide important constraints on how planets are formed. Planetary systems, like our own, are born from...elements being equally abundant. It also means that these planets may not have accreted as much ice as other ...
24 November 2021
Astronomers discover more than 350 possible new exoplanets
...unique glimpse into the physics that play a role in planet formation,” Zink said. With the huge dataset, Zink and team...incorporated into NASA’s master exoplanet archive. “The catalog and planet detection algorithm that Jon [Zink] and the Scaling K2 ...
17 June 2020
Six billion Earth-like planets could be in our galaxy, new study says
... new study in The Astronomical Journal. "Estimating how common different kinds of planets are around different stars can provide important constraints on planet formation and evolution theories, and help optimize future missions dedicated to finding...
April 2018
Developing Mars
..., S. T., Jacobsen, S. B., & Mattsson, T. R. (2015). Impact vaporization of planetesimal cores in the late stages of planet formation. Nature Geoscience, 8(4), 269. 8 Wieczorek, M. A., Weiss, B. P., & Stewart, S. T. (2012). An impactor origin for...
