Hubble Finds a Massive Planet – 9 Times the Size of Jupiter – Forming Through a Violent Process - SciTechDaily

Hubble Finds a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way In general, the formation of planets in our universe can be likened to cooking a meal. Just like the "ingredients" for forming a planet can change, so can the "cooking method." Researchers using the Hubbl…

This is an artist’s illustration of a massive, newly forming exoplanet called AB Aurigae b. Researchers used new and archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope to confirm … [+7730 chars]

full article...