A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with ...
Artist impression of the planetary system with four planets,around a small red star,called LHS1903. Caption: Astronomers have long thought solar systems follow a simple pattern similar to our own: ...
The Solar System is far larger than the neat diagrams found in textbooks. Beyond the planets lies a vast region of icy debris ...
A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.