Contradicting previous findings, researchers also found that the type of star does not make certain sizes of planets more or less common. The team grouped planets into five different sizes and 17 ...

the discovery also reveals information about how planets of different sizes form. "What we found is that right around the size of Neptune, planets go from being almost always on circular orbits to ...

A tantalizing trio of Earth-size worlds circles a tiny ... these three worlds exist in very different environments than our home planet. Still, this is the first time three such worlds have ...

Astronomers using ALMA have uncovered how gas and dust in planet-forming disks evolve separately an insight that reshapes our understanding of how different types of planets form. While dust lingers, ...

The finding points toward two different pathways by which large and small planets form. "What we found is that right around the size of Neptune, planets go from being almost always on circular ...

So this enables us to study how different planet traits may affect planet habitability,” Gilbert said, including traits like the planet’s size or the boundaries of the habitable zone.

And yet, when it comes to sizes of planets ... exoplanets and how the interior structure and mineralogy of different sized planets compare to each other. In our Solar System, we have two kinds ...

ALMA study shows gas in young planet-forming disks fades faster than dust, reshaping how we understand planet formation.

Size determines if that planet stays hot from its initial creation ... Think of twins separated at birth, growing up in very different environments. Venus got too hot being too close to the ...