planetary system
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The two events -- first seen in 2004 and again in 2023 -- represent the first time astronomers have directly imaged collisions between large objects in a planetary system beyond our own.
From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026
For a hot Jupiter to have formed through high-eccentricity migration, this circularization time must be shorter than the age of its planetary system.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
"Super puff planets are fairly rare, and when they do occur, they tend to be the only one in a planetary system," Libby-Roberts said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density "super-puff" planets has at least one more planet, according to new research led by researchers from Penn State and Osaka University.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
