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Astronomers Determine How "Super Jupiters" Around Remote Star Took Shape
February 09, 2026
PASADENA, California, Feb. 9 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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Astronomers Determine How "Super Jupiters" Around Remote Star Took Shape

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The planets in our solar system grew out of a disk of material that swirled around our Sun. Inner rocky planets formed as tiny grains stuck together, becoming pebbles, then boulders, and, ultimately, full-grown planets. The outer gas and ice giant planets als . . .

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