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December 04, 2015

What kinds of stars form rocky planets
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 04, 2015
As astronomers continue to find more and more planets around stars beyond our own Sun, they are trying to discover patterns and features that indicate what types of planets are likely to form around different kinds of stars. This will hopefully inform and make more efficient the ongoing planet hunting process, and also help us better understand our own Solar System's formation. When a star is young, it is surrounded by a rotating disk of gas and dust, from which its planets form. As such, it's exp ... read more

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