Cosmic curveball: Distant system challenges planet-formation theory

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...
Forbes

Strange New Object Found In Solar System ‘Dancing’ With Neptune

Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...
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If Neptune’s orbit moves 0.1%, it could destabilize the entire solar system, study says

A passing star, or a stellar flyby, with the potential to pull Neptune out of its orbit by just 0.1%, could mean catastrophe for the entire solar system. But don’t worry — it won’t happen in our ...
Los Angeles Times

Astronomers capture the birth of planets outside our solar system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.
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Solar Systems 100 Times Smaller Than Ours Are Possible – Thanks To Rogue Planets

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
Futurism

James Webb Finds Evidence of Free-Floating Planets So Large They Can Gather Their Own Planetary Systems

An international team of astronomers using observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence of massive planets out there that’re capable of forming their own planetary systems ...
Phys.org

Giant, free-floating planets may form their own planetary systems

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...