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A team of astronomers has obtained proof of formation of a giant planetary system around a young star by the observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
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Astronomers have discovered that the least massive star of the Fomalhaut system, Fomalhaut C, hosts its own comet belt.
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Astronomers have discovered one of the richest planetary systems - containing up to seven planets orbiting a Sun-like star - 127 light years from Earth.
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Using NASA`s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers have found a distant planetary system, which features multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their host star.
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Astronomers have autopsied a distant, broken apart planet and revealed signs of water and a rocky surface together for the first time, delighting scientists on the hunt for alien life.
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Scientists have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180.
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