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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered how massive stars sculpt planetary systems and stunt planet birth with bombardments of harsh radiation.
New research shows how two processes can work together in protolanetary disks to form new planets from dust.
A team of astrophysicists have simulated how young planets grow — and have concluded that they have a flattened shape, kind of like an M&M, and not a spherical one just after being born. "We have been studying planet formation for a long time but never before had we thought to check the shape […]
Infant exoplanets may not be spherical as astronomers have always assumed. Instead, they may be oblate spheroids, like the 'Smarties' candy found in Europe.
The Earth may have been originally flatter, resembling a Smartie rather than a sphere, a new study suggests.