Stars steal planets!

A scientific study has hypothesized that some massive stars may be “thieves” stealing planets from each other, in an attempt to explain strange cases in the universe that defy the basic rules of astronomy, which state that if a star is three times the mass of our sun, it probably won’t It has planets the size of Jupiter.

“While planets can form around massive stars, gas giants like Jupiter are unlikely to form in such hostile environments,” Richard Parker, an astrophysicist at the University of Sheffield, explained in a statement.

In their scientific theory, Parker and his colleagues suggested that some massive stars might be “thieves.” According to a study they conducted, they concluded that some of the massive stars may have stolen worlds the size of Jupiter from their smaller counterparts.

Source of the news https://www.albayan.ae/varieties/2022-09-10-1.4511587

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