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A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

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Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.

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The proposals of the paper, published in the peer-reviewed journal Science ... on the Earth,” he said. “If life evolves with the planet, then it will evolve on a planetary time scale at ...

Astronomers have discovered four small planets orbiting Barnard's Star, the second-closest star system to Earth, using ...