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    Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields

    Scientists have long struggled to understand how common planets form. A new supercomputer simulation shows that the missing ingredient may be magnetism. The post Astronomers Find Secret Planet-Making Ingredient: Magnetic Fields first appeared on Quanta Magazine
    by Robin George Andrews Jun 07, 2021 0 minutes

    We like to think of ourselves as unique. That conceit may even be true when it comes to our cosmic neighborhood: Despite the fact that planets between the sizes of Earth and Neptune appear to be the most common in the cosmos, no such intermediate-mass planets can be found in the solar system. The problem is, our best theories of planet formation — cast as they are from the molds of what we observe...

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