A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show that a low-mass supernova triggered the ...

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Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...