planets
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The findings could help scientists improve models of how planets and atmospheres form and evolve.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
"That makes this an inside-out system, with a planet order of rocky-gaseous-gaseous-and then rocky again. Rocky planets don't usually form so far away from their home star," says Thomas.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
These strange worlds are forcing researchers to reconsider assumptions about how planets form and evolve.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
But in this system, researchers believe the star may have produced its planets sequentially rather than all at once.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The only explanation seemed to be that the stars must be very much further away than the planets, at least hundreds of times further away, so that the parallax effect is too small to see.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
