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How We Get Planets from Clumping Dust
Our gleaming Earth, brimming with liquid water and swarming with life, began as all rocky planets do: dust. Somehow, mere…
9 months ago
More Pictures of Planet-Forming Disks Around Young Stars
Astronomy is advancing to the point where we can see planets forming around young stars. This was an unthinkable development…
5 years ago
11 New Planetary Systems… 26 New Planets… Kepler Racks ‘Em Up!
[/caption] Eleven ball in the side pocket. Whack! And another 26 planets are discovered! NASA just announced the latest tally…
13 years ago