22 February 2016
Researchers constrain a possible location for Planet 9 using Cassini data
...Caltech researchers provided the most compelling evidence yet that Planet X or Planet 9 as it has been nicknamed, resides in a... observed by the smaller objects. A predicted consequence of Planet Nine is that a second set of confined objects should...
04 December 2019
Giant planet found orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
... now, scientists had never found evidence of a surviving giant planet around a white dwarf. “It was one of those chance ...found in the deep atmospheric layers of icy, giant planets like Neptune and Uranus Follow-up observations using the X-Shooter...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
... today. Furthermore, a late gas accretion scenario is a more favourable and efficient method for accreting volatiles on a terrestrial planet than if it was bombarded my comets and meteorites, say the team - a situation that many think was responsible...
25 January 2021
Unique six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
... greatly increase the stability of planetary configurations by preventing close encounters and collisions, identifying how and where planets like this form is a very important but as yet unanswered question in planetary science. As such, the TOI-178...
