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Planet Formation

Gas Giants Planetary Systems Accretion Processes Planetesimals Circumstellar Disks Chaotic Environments Exoplanet Research Disc of Matter Planetary Orbits Planetary Evolution Cosmic Evolution Dust Grains Core Accretion Theory Protoplanetary Disks Young Stars Debris Discs Debris Disks Solar System Formation Spiral Patterns Planet Seeds Mass Accumulation Circumbinary Planets Gas Accretion Planetary Atmospheres Water Origin Exoplanet Atmospheres Habitability of Exoplanets Giant Planets

Early Jupiter Shaped the Inner Solar System, Study Finds

Computer models reproduce the meteorite age gap by showing that a planet‑carved disk gap trapped dust into rings that spawned a later wave of planetesimals.

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second