January 2016
How to Build Planets
... are not just limited to singular planets. A number of multi-planet systems have also been identified, such as 55 Cancri A. Formation of an ...further analysis But how are planetary systems formed and are there any differences in the way ...
29 March 2016
To build super-Earths near host star 'dead zones' are required say researchers
From studies of extrasolar systems, it is apparent that planetary systems around other stars are as varied as the planets they contain and that no one system is like another. Nonetheless, more than half of the observed Sun-like stars in the solar ...
18 August 2016
Space Rebel Niku Baffles Astronomers
... astronomers, who used the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 Survey (Pan-STARRS 1). Niku is small by space standards...the Sun backwards. Typically, when a planetary system is formed, angular momentum causes everything to spin in ...
18 August 2017
A new Earth-like planet may have been found as close as 16 light years away
... an injected Earth-mass planet on this nearby planetary system hoping to find a stable orbital configuration for the...planet is supported by long-term orbital stability of the system, orbital dynamics and the synthetic radial velocity signal analysis",...
04 December 2019
Giant planet found orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
... is being stripped away. Five billion years from now, our Solar System will look a lot different than it does right now. It will... up a new window into the final fate of planetary systems says Gänsicke. “Until recently, very few astronomers paused...
19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
...of 2I/Borisov; the first alien comet to visit our Solar System. “At first we had a hard time believing that atomic ...make-up of the alien planetary system it originated from, but also shows that the interloper and Solar System comets have even more ...
