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Most Asteroids are Not in the Asteroid Belt

Most Asteroids are Not in the Asteroid Belt

by Nick Ballering | Nov 10, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

Simulations show that the Oort cloud contains eight billion asteroids (in addition to hundreds of billions of comets). Do these asteroids pose a threat to Earth?

Planet Formation on a Budget

Planet Formation on a Budget

by Nick Ballering | Oct 13, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

There does not seem to be enough mass in protoplanetary disks to build the planetary systems we’ve detected. The solution: planet formation might start sooner than previously thought.

Rethinking the Planet Formation Deadline

Rethinking the Planet Formation Deadline

by Nick Ballering | Sep 15, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

Observational biases may significantly underestimate the lifetime of protoplanetary disks.

Herschel’s View of a Neighboring Planetary System

Herschel’s View of a Neighboring Planetary System

by Nick Ballering | Aug 18, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

Herschel provides an updated look at the debris disk in the popular planetary system, Tau Ceti.

Can Icelines Explain Uranus and Neptune?

Can Icelines Explain Uranus and Neptune?

by Nick Ballering | Jul 21, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

A new hypothesis posits that the ice giant planets formed between the CO and N2 icelines in the Solar System’s protoplanetary disk.

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