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Experts are finally getting a look at how the universe builds its most common planets

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

We finally know how the most common types of planets are created

Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar system lacks such a planet, scientists don’t know much about how they form. Astronomers ...