A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.
Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
LHS 1903 flips rock and gas on their heads, hinting that late-born planets can rewrite the rules around common red dwarfs for now.
The planetary system, located 120 light-years away, features four worlds orbiting a red dwarf star and challenges classical formation schemes.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.