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Sep 30, 2019

540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?

Astronomy Cast 540: Weird Issues: How Do (or Don't) Planets Form?

by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

As astronomers started to discover planets orbiting other stars, they immediately realized that their expectations would need to be tossed out. Hot jupiters? Pulsars with planets? We're now decades into this task, and the Universe is continuing to surprise us.