Four baby planets show how super-Earths and sub-Neptunes form

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...
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Astronomers caught four planets in a rare baby phase that may explain the most common worlds in the galaxy

Astronomers have cataloged thousands of exoplanets, and a pattern keeps showing up: Around most stars, the most common ...
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Astronomers say discovery of new sun-orbiting planet could be 'benchmark for years'

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...
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Scientists puzzled by giant planet detected orbiting tiny star

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed — a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form. The star is ...