Study reveals a new way to measure a planet's mass

Study reveals a new way to measure a planet's mass

Researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and McMaster University in Canada have shown that the structures of dust rings surrounding young stars can be used to estimate the masses of hidden planets.Continue ReadingCategory: Astronomy, ScienceTags: Planet, Exoplanet, Stars, Disc

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