Nice article in Nature (free) Astronomy: Planets in chaos The discovery of thousands of star systems wildly different from our own has demolished ideas about how planets form. Astronomers are searching for a whole new theory. Ann Finkbeiner 02 July 2014 Snip/ Meanwhile, researchers continue to nurture their mess of models, which have grown almost as exotic and plentiful as the planets they seek to explain. And if the current theories are disjointed, ad hoc and no longer beautiful, that is often how science proceeds, notes Murray. “Life,” he says, “is like that.” /Snip
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 21:10:57 +0000
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