A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
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Astronomers have discovered a unique planetary system where planets are arranged inside out
The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.
A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.
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