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Title: Scientists find a planetary system that simply shouldn't exist
Post by: Redaktion on February 15, 2026, 19:11:14
Scientists have discovered a planetary system with three planets — the closest one is rocky, and the next two are gaseous. But a fourth planet was later discovered farthest from its star, and surprisingly, it is a rocky planet. This rocky-gaseous-gaseous-rocky order beats current scientific understanding.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Scientists-find-a-planetary-system-that-simply-shouldn-t-exist.1227284.0.html
Title: Re: Scientists find a planetary system that simply shouldn't exist
Post by: Terror Byte on February 16, 2026, 01:38:09
The hubris of astrophysicists is often breathtaking. Thinking we had all the answers and then being shocked when something doesn't fit their understanding. It's one of the reasons I quite as an astrophysicist, I got sick of the almost religious zeal many of them had when clinging to their beloved models.