this distant planet's very strange orbit points to a violent and chaotic past
- Written by: Adriana Errico, Computer engineer, MSc Bioinformatics, University of Southern Queensland
kevinmgill/flickr, CC BYIf you close your eyes and imagine a system of planets orbiting a distant star, what do you see?
For most people, such thoughts conjure up systems that mirror the Solar System: planets orbiting a host star on near-circular orbits – rocky planets closer in, and giants such as Jupiter in the icy depths.
However, the more...
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