Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts?
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 12:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Using ESA's Herschel space observatory, astronomers have discovered vast comet belts surrounding two nearby planetary systems known to host only Earth-to-Neptune-mass worlds. The comet reservoirs could have delivered life-giving oceans to the innermost planets.