A bevy of backward-orbiting exoplanets could challenge theories of planet formation, new research suggests. The planets’ wonky orbits might also rule out the presence of Earthlike bodies in some planetary systems.
COMMON DIFFERENCE A suite of new exoplanets that orbit their stars backward shows that these bodies aren’t so unusual.
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