'Planet traps' may halt death march of super-hot gas giants

Friday, December 20, 2013 - 14:31 in Astronomy & Space

The inward migration of huge alien worlds may be slowed by the presence of "planet traps" in the disks of dust and gas around their stars, a new study reports.

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