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Published Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory - Martian Meteorite Upsets Planet Formation Theory


A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth ...
Published Earth was created much faster than we thought: This makes the chance of finding other habitable planets in the Universe more likely - Earth was created much faster than we thought: This makes the chance of finding other habitable planets in the Universe more likely



Over the past decades, researchers thought Earth was created over a period of more than 100 million...
Published How do rocky planets really form? - How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?


A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their rela...
Published The search for habitable planets expands - The Search for Habitable Planets Expands: A New Era of Space Exploration



Astronomers are suggesting a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into acco ...
Published Astronomers discover last three planets Kepler telescope observed before going dark - Astronomers Discover Last Three Planets Kepler Telescope Observed Before Going Dark



With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that ...
Published Earth-sized planet discovered in 'our solar backyard'



Astronomers have discovered a planet closer and younger than any other Earth-sized world yet identif ...
Published Simulations reveal hydrodynamics of planetary engulfment by expanding star - Simulations Reveal Hydrodynamics of Planetary Engulfment by Expanding Star


A new study using hydrodynamical simulations reveals the forces acting on a planet when it is swallo ...
Published Hubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk - Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk



The young star TW Hydrae is playing 'shadow puppets' with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble...
Published Planet formation: ALMA detects gas in a circumplanetary disk - Planet Formation: ALMA Detects Gas in a Circumplanetary Disk


Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study planet formation h ...
Published Researchers measure the light emitted by a sub-Neptune planet's atmosphere - Researchers Measure the Light Emitted by a Sub-Neptune Planet's Atmosphere



Researchers observed exoplanet GJ 1214b's atmosphere by measuring the heat it emits while orbiting i...
Published Three iron rings in a planet-forming disk



Astronomers have detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-for ...
Published Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive long enough



The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their...
Published Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet



A pair of theoretical physicists are reporting that the same observations inspiring the hunt for a n...
Published A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets



Best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of c ...
Published Astronomers conduct first search for forming planets with new space telescope



Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protos ...
Published Hubble sees evaporating planet getting the hiccups


A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by- ...
Published Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist



The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i ...
Published Does this exoplanet have a sibling sharing the same orbit?


Astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has dete ...
Published Rocky planets can form in extreme environments



Astronomers have provided the first observation of water and other molecules in the highly irradiate...
Published Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation



Researchers have found water vapor in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be form ...