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Let’s get building (some terrestrial planets)!

Let’s get building (some terrestrial planets)!

by Alice Curtin | Dec 29, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

We know a whole lot about the Earth, except for how it actually formed. Read on the hear the latest research of the mechanisms responsible for forming rocky planets like the Earth!

Perpendicular planets are less peculiar than you’d think

Perpendicular planets are less peculiar than you’d think

by Anthony Maue | Nov 23, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Simulations of planet formation around binary stars compare coplanar vs perpendicular orbits.

Hydrate or Die-drate: Was Venus Ever Habitable?

Hydrate or Die-drate: Was Venus Ever Habitable?

by Katya Gozman | Nov 10, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Could Venus have ever boasted the expansive oceans we find on Earth today? Find out by reading today’s bite about planetary scientists that modeled Venus’s atmosphere!

Hey, you’ve got some planet stuck in your teeth…

Hey, you’ve got some planet stuck in your teeth…

by Catherine Manea | Sep 28, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Take a bite out of today’s post, where the authors explore the occurrence rate of planetary ingestion in wide binary stellar systems. Turns out that about a fourth of Sun-like stars in wide binaries may ingest their planetary companions. Yum!

Planets go “weeee!”

Planets go “weeee!”

by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Aug 28, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

When planets form, where should they move? Towards their host star? In the other direction? The authors of today’s paper show that this is not obvious!

A planet says ‘Hi!’ with its shocking spiral arms

A planet says ‘Hi!’ with its shocking spiral arms

by Sabina Sagynbayeva | Aug 10, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Some things are really hard to observe, but we still can study them using computer simulations! Today’s paper will show you how people study planets-driven spiral arms!

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