Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust

Friday, December 7, 2018 - 09:30 in Astronomy & Space

“Super-Earths” and Neptune-sized planets could be forming around young stars in much greater numbers than scientists thought, new research by an international team of astronomers suggests. Observing a sampling of young stars in a star-forming region in the constellation Taurus, researchers found many of them to be surrounded by structures that can best be explained […]

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