A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

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 fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.

We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting closer to their stars than Mercury, and rocky worlds much larger than Earth ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

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Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...

It’s an unprecedented snapshot of “time zero,” scientists reported Wednesday, when new worlds begin to gel. “We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...