Tag: planetary heist

Artist's impression of a BEASTie. The image shows a gas giant planet (like Jupiter) on a distant orbit around a blue, massive star. The planet is likely to have been captured or stolen from another star. The background stars are members of the same star-forming region and could be the star the BEASTie was born around. Credit: Mark Garlick

Planetary Heist: Massive Stars Can Steal Jupiter-Sized Planets

MessageToEagle.com | September 8, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Jupiter-sized planets can be stolen or captured by massive stars in the densely populated stellar nurseries where most stars are born, a

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