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Can Scattering Explain Eccentric Planets?

Can Scattering Explain Eccentric Planets?

by Nick Ballering | Feb 3, 2014 | Daily Paper Summaries

New dynamical simulations show that close-in planets on eccentric orbits can arise from planet-planet scattering — but only if the scattering occurs on larger orbits and is followed by inward migration.

Fomalhaut’s Little Sibling Has a Debris Disk Too

Fomalhaut’s Little Sibling Has a Debris Disk Too

by Nick Ballering | Dec 31, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries

A new debris disk is discovered by the Herschel Space Telescope around the red dwarf tertiary star in the famous Fomalhaut system.

IceCube Detects Extraterrestrial Neutrinos

IceCube Detects Extraterrestrial Neutrinos

by Nick Ballering | Dec 2, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries

The IceCube project at the South Pole makes the first detection of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos.

Debris Disks and Stars Spin Together

Debris Disks and Stars Spin Together

by Nick Ballering | Nov 4, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries

Herschel observations reveal that debris disks are aligned with their stars’ equators, unlike some close-in transiting exoplanets.

How Did Tatooine Form?

How Did Tatooine Form?

by Nick Ballering | Oct 7, 2013 | Daily Paper Summaries

Dust traps may be the key to forming Kepler-16b and other circumbinary planets.

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