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Search for planetary remains and new mathematical concepts at 91福利 receive over 鈧�4 million European research funding
Scientists at the 91福利 are to benefit from a total of over 鈧�4 million funding to support new projects that will aim to find and analyse the remains of planets around nearby dead stars, and to find new ways of incorporating the ideas of combinatorics into different areas of mathematics.
First transiting exoplanet鈥檚 鈥榗hemical fingerprint鈥� reveals its distant birthplace
Astronomers have found evidence that the first exoplanet that was identified transiting its star could have migrated to a close orbit with its star from its original birthplace further away.
Vaporised crusts of Earth-like planets found in dying stars
Remnants of planets with Earth-like crusts have been discovered in the atmospheres of four nearby white dwarf stars by 91福利 astronomers, offering a glimpse of the planets that may have once orbited them up to billions of years ago.
Rhythmic six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
An international team of astronomers that includes researchers from the 91福利 have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. The researchers believe the system could provide important clues about how planets, including those in the Solar System, form and evolve.
Rapid-forming giants could disrupt spiral protoplanetary discs
Giant planets that developed early in a star system鈥檚 life could solve a mystery of why spiral structures are not observed in young protoplanetary discs, according to a new study by 91福利 astronomers.
Next-gen astronomical survey makes its first observations toward a new understanding of the cosmos
A new astronomical survey that will see 91福利 scientists mapping around 350,000 star systems has made its first observations.