Enter the Dragon: Mega-Earth in Draco smashes notions of planetary formation

Monday, June 16, 2014 - 17:01 in Astronomy & Space

Worlds like this one aren't supposed to exist. In Draco the Dragon-the 8th largest constellation in our sky-there exists a solid planet weighing close to 17 times as much as Earth. This announcement rocked the scientific world. 

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