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The first exoplanets in another galaxy.

Of course, if our own galaxy has exoplanets orbiting stars, then other galaxies will also have exoplanets. However, other galaxies are too far away to detect exoplanets with any of the means we currently have. Now, researchers at the University of Oklahoma claim to have spotted exoplanets in another galaxy using a technique called gravitational […]

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Theories of planet formation.

According to conventional theories, planets are formed from the protoplanetary disk of a young star, the substance of which is gradually compacted. Because of this, there is a clear relationship between the size of specific stars and the planets that orbit them. But sometimes such calculations are interfered with by unusual facts of observation of […]

Meteorites. space

Tissint, a Moroccan meteorite

It was only in the nineteenth century that it was accepted that meteorites were really pebbles falling from the sky. Today we know that these are the keys to understanding the origin of the Solar system and the planets. It has even been discovered that some of them came from La Luna and others from […]

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Planetary system

A planetary system is a system of stars and various non-stellar astronomical objects: planets and their moons, dwarf planets and their moons, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and cosmic dust that revolve around a common barycenter, that is, the center of mass.Our own planetary system, which includes the Earth, together with the Sun forms the Solar System.The […]

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Planets in our galaxy.

At least 3.5% of the stars in our Galaxy may have Earth-like planets made up of solid rock. This is about a billion worlds, a small part of which can be inhabited by living organisms, according to a report by scientists presented on Tuesday at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in the […]

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The first exoplanets in another galaxy.

Theories of planet formation.

Tissint, a Moroccan meteorite

Planetary system

Planets in our galaxy.