Researchers propose new type of planetary object

Monday, May 22, 2017 - 13:32 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists suggest in a new study the existence of a planetary object called a "synestia," a huge, spinning, donut-shaped mass of hot, vaporized rock, formed as planet-sized objects smash into each other.

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