Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...