Latest Extrasolar Stories

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com [ Watch the Video: The Birth of a Planet Simulation ] Planetary researchers have a new tool in their artillery when trying to hunt for extrasolar planets. Scientists can now use simulated models developed by a group of scientists of how planets are born, helping the hunt for extrasolar planets. Planets generally form when a molecular cloud collapses into a young star. As the leftover gas and dust form a disk around the star, the particulates inside...