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James Webb Space Telescope Observations Show Planet Formation is a Race Against Time

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have studied 72 young, sun-like stars, discovering that planet formation is a race against time due to material

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Astronomers Discover Giant Rocky 'Mega-Earth' Exoplanet 23 Times Earth's Mass

Astronomers have discovered GJ 523b, a rocky 'mega-Earth' exoplanet 23 times more massive than our planet, challenging current theories of rocky planet formatio

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Trillion-Mile Cosmic Gas River Tilted Planet-Forming Disk in Orion Constellation

Astronomers have discovered a trillion-mile-long river of cosmic gas that has tilted the planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion cons

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