A pair of planet-hunting satellites — NASA’s Tess and the European Space Agency’s Cheops — teamed up for the observations
solar system
If such a planet exists, researchers say it would have a mass about 1.5 to...3 times that of Earth!
Currently, the comet is between Saturn and Jupiter
Therefore the discovery has forced a rethink on theories of ring formation
Scientists think it may have come from another solar system
"Nature seems bent on showing us that Earth-like planets are very common"
A possible super-hot sea of melted rock, unique in the solar system, could harbor secrets, weird mechanisms for forming planets & even recipes for exotic alien life
The solar system is vast & the space between our star system and our closest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is even more vast
The researchers simulated the situation around 3,000 times. In nearly 2,000 of them, 26 ended with the planets smashing into each other...
Scientists are unsure what it means