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Rocky planet discovered in outer orbit challenges planet formation theory
Image: Primary Astronomers have identified a planetary system around the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that includes a rocky planet in the outermost orbit. The discovery was reported in the journal Science.
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This arrangement challenges the standard model of planet formation. That model holds that intense radiation from young stars strips gases from near
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