Planet Formation
Space
Second baby planet found using pioneering technique
Monash astrophysicists using the ALMA telescope in Chile have a made a world-first discovery with the sighting of a second baby planet (two to three times heavier than Jupiter) inside a gas and dust gap.
Science
Levitating particles could unravel how planets form
Mechanically agitated granular matter often serves as a prototype for exploring the rich physics associated with hard-sphere systems, with an effective temperature introduced by...
Space
Water world planets could have stable climate, perhaps support life, study
According to a new study by the University of Chicago and Penn State, planets with water worlds could maintain surface conditions as like as...
Space
Scientist Sees Evidence of Planetary Formation in Narrow Rings of Other Solar Systems
Astronomers by using a pair of NASA telescopes found that comets rings are meeting up to frame planets on the edges of no less...