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Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

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The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...