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This split coincides with several other classic features in the exoplanet population, such as the high abundance of small planets over large planets and a tendency for giant planets to only ...
With its low density and unusually cool, methane-rich atmosphere, this planet offers a rare window into giant planet formation around small stars.
Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope 'Kepler' to discover that small and large worlds have very different upbringings. The team found that larger ...
Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.
A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.
The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...