Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system. The system has also set a new record for the most extreme range of orbits yet observed: the outermost planet is more than […]

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