CHEOPS Discovery Defies Planetary Formation Rules

An artist's conception of the LHS 1903 system. Credit: ESA.

We’re starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA’s CHEOPS mission places a rocky world right where it shouldn’t be. This ‘inside-out system’ could challenge our current understanding of planetary formation.

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