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Planets Form Earlier Than Thought Around Baby Stars
The Sun and its planets formed out of the solar nebula, around 4.6 billion years ago. But what was the delay between the Sun's formation and the planets? Astronomers have surveyed 78 protoplanetary disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region and seen examples of every step in the planetary formation process. They found that the planets start forming much earlier than previously believed, when the disk is still filled with gas and dust, growing to…
UNM astronomers confirm new gas giant exoplanet with help from citizen scientists worldwide (The University of New Mexico)
) Astronomers from The University of New Mexico, along with U.S. and international researchers, have confirmed the existence of a new giant exoplanet, made possible through a collaboration with citizen scientists around the world. The discovery is detailed in a new paper published in The Astronomical Journal, with Postdoctoral Fellow and lead author Zahra Essack, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Diana Dragomir as co-author. A gas giant exoplanet t…
Astronomers confirm new gas giant exoplanet with help from citizen scientists worldwide
Astronomers from the University of New Mexico, along with U.S. and international researchers, have confirmed the existence of a new giant exoplanet, made possible through a collaboration with citizen sciences around the world.
New exoplanet discovery reveals rare gas giant through global citizen science effort
Albuquerque, NM (SPX) Jun 26, 2025 - A collaborative team of astronomers led by The University of New Mexico has confirmed a rare gas giant exoplanet, TOI-4465 b, located about 400 light-years from Earth. The discovery was enabled by a
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