Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific ...
A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.
The planets around a nearby star seem to be in the wrong order, hinting that they formed through a different mechanism than the familiar one by which most systems grow ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
'LHS 1903 breaks this thinking.' ...
General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...