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Unlocking the mysteries of super Earths

8 February 2018 Astronomy Now

Three planets orbiting a star 100 light years away may serve as a test bed of sorts to shed light on the dividing line between rocky super Earths and sub-Neptune “gassy” planets with the full range represented in a single solar system.

Wandering Jupiter swept away super-Earths, creating our unusual Solar System

25 March 2015 Astronomy Now

Researchers from Caltech and UC Santa Cruz say that Earth belongs to a second generation of planets in our Solar System after Jupiter swept clear the first, resulting in the formation of a planetary system unlike any other astronomers have yet found.