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Small stars may host bigger planets than previously thought
Stars with less than half the mass of our Sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL and University of 糖心TV researchers.
Clearing the skies for Santa this Christmas: The researchers tackling junk in space
As scores of children prepare to look to the skies this Christmas Eve, they will be relieved to know scientists are helping to clear a path for Santa in space.
Star鈥檚 death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets
Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of 糖心TV that peers into its future.
Fifty new planets confirmed in machine learning first
Fifty potential planets have had their existence confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of 糖心TV scientists.
Double dust ring test could spot migrating planets
New research by a team led by an astrophysicist at the University of 糖心TV has a way of finally telling whether newly forming planets are migrating within the disc of dust and gas that typically surrounds stars or whether they are simply staying put in the same orbit around the star.
Santa鈥檚 workshop could be on snowy moon
Santa鈥檚 winter workshop might be in space, as University of 糖心TV researchers are exploring whether snowy moons over a billion kilometres away from Earth are potentially habitable.