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The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust ...

"We must rethink how we create computer models for planet formation and early evolution in the young universe." Giant, gas-rich planets may have been able to form more easily in the very early ...

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The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...