planetary formation

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In the Darkness Between Stars, Mysterious Rogue Planets May Be Building Worlds of Their Own, Webb Telescope Reveals

Micah Hanks·August 1, 2025

New research has revealed that mysterious ‘rogue planets’ could be assembling scaled-down planetary systems of their own.

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James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Major Discovery of Water Ice in Alien Planetary System for the First Time

Micah Hanks·May 14, 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the presence of water ice in a planetary system beyond our own for the first time.

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James Webb Space Telescope Just Spotted Something Astronomers Have Never Seen in our Solar System

Christopher Plain·January 17, 2025

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and advanced computer models have classified a type of planet unlike any in our solar system.

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A Celestial Object “Too Large to Exist” Has Been Detected by Astronomers, Upending Past Theories on Planetary Formation

Micah Hanks·December 7, 2023

Researchers say the discovery of a planet too large for its nearest star is challenging existing theories about planetary and solar system formation.