'LHS 1903 breaks this thinking.' ...
An inside-out planetary system around the star LHS 1903 is turning everything that astronomers know about planet formation upside down.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting ...
Astronomers have spotted an unusual 'inside-out' planetary system where a rocky world seems to have formed far beyond the realm typically reserved for gas giants.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...