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CHEOPS discovery defies planetary formation rules

We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA's CHEOPS mission places a rocky world right where it shouldn't be. This "inside-out system" could challenge our curre...

CHEOPS discovery defies planetary formation rules
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We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA's CHEOPS mission places a rocky world right where it shouldn't be. This "inside-out system" could challenge our current understanding of planetary formation.

Originally published at Phys.org

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