25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
...of the orbital motion and the disorderly densities certainly challenges our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems,” says Leleu. Although none of the six exoplanets found lies in the star's habitable zone – an area in which...
24 November 2021
Astronomers discover more than 350 possible new exoplanets
...signals from an alternative astrophysical source that mimics a planetary signature. Then, along with colleagues, Zink used ... understanding of the parameters for how planets and planetary systems develop. “The discovery of each new world provides...
13 June 2018
Novel technique helps discover three protoplanets around newborn star
... on one of the two recently published research papers. “This technique offers a promising new direction to understand how planetary systems form.” The technique that the two teams used was the study of subtle changes in the wavelength...
21 September 2020
Jupiter could have 600 moons, a new study says
...79 known moons, Jupiter could pass for a planetary system all on its own, but now a new ...diameter and Ganymede, the largest Galilean, is the ninth largest object in the Solar System. Most of the moons of Jupiter though are not so massive and about 60 ...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... mechanism we don’t yet understand,” said David Armstrong, a planetary scientist at the University of Warwick in the UK, who helped...which have already found some of the most remarkable planetary systems known today around nearby M dwarf stars, the...
22 January 2016
Possible “Planet Nine” Discovery Announced
... – if it's out there, they've found it.” Alessandro Morbidelli, planetary scientist at the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, in Nice, .... “One of the most startling discoveries about other planetary systems has been that the most common type of planet ...
