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new planets

British  

plural noun

  1. the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and (formerly) Pluto, only discovered comparatively recently

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By studying the gas around this young star and watching carefully as the tiny dust grows over time, they hope to learn much more about where new planets come from and when.

From Space Scoop

Each season of the Disney+ series, which launched in 2021, has infused fresh creative energy into the galaxy far, far away by giving international animation houses the freedom to explore ideas about the Force, the factions of the Galactic War and brand new planets and cultures outside of the constraints of the long-running franchise’s canon.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the environments in such disks set the conditions in which new planets form, any such planet may be rocky but quite unlike Earth in other aspects.

From Science Daily

A related survey paper authored by UCR graduate student Michelle Hill announces the discovery of two new planets orbiting a star like our sun.

From Science Daily

While no new planets were detected in the disk during the most recent observations, the sensitivity is groundbreaking, the researchers say, as it allows them to place the most stringent constraints yet on the suspected planets.

From Science Daily