A Super-Earth's 647-Day Orbit Left Scientists Searching for Answers
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A Super-Earth's 647-Day Orbit Left Scientists Searching for Answers
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The discovery of a massive Super-Earth on this weird, 647-day orbit has basically sent this wave of shock through astronomy folks, like ok wait how is that even possible. It’s sitting in some far-off star system and the planet is, apparently, a rocky giant that’s doing great in a cold outer region where gas giants usually hog the spotlight. So now scientists are frantically trying to redo the whole story, on how planets form and grow, because this thing just doesn’t fit the usual pattern.