Credit: ©Mario SucerquiaUniversity Of Grenoble Alpes
Posted on 10/30/2025 5:33:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Defying expectations that binary systems are unlikely areas for planet formation, an international team of researchers has now identified a trio of Earth-sized exoplanets 190 light-years away in the TOI-2267 system.
How these planets could form and maintain their stability in such an environment is a significant question for astronomers. The stars within this system are only separated by eight astronomical units (AU), far closer than the tens to hundreds of AU theoretically demonstrated to provide a stable planet-forming environment in earlier work...
The system in question is unusual not just for its planets but also for the extremely tight orbit of the binary pair. That closeness should only exacerbate the gravitational instability of binary systems, adding further confusion to the situation.
Researchers say that this observation runs counter to multiple commonly accepted models of planet formation...
From this discovery, future researchers will have a new target for testing new telescope systems. Today, the James Webb Space Telescope is joined by a new generation of ground-based systems capable of collecting data to aid in measurements of the masses and densities of celestial objects, as well as collecting spectrographic data about their compositions over tremendous distances.
Determining the habitable zone for this system will be exceptionally challenging, however, as both stars and their interactions must be accounted for.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedebrief.org ...
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Credit: ©Mario SucerquiaUniversity Of Grenoble Alpes
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I’d hazard a guess to say that scientists will know very little about planet formation until they witness it happening.
Maybe the planet is Non-Binary?.......................
From time to time those generations ships don’t sound too bad. It might be better to watch this place from a significant distance.
Every story I’ve read where there is a generations ship has ended in disaster............
Same with my readings. On the other hand, Earth seems to be headed for a serious collapse of society.
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So duhhh what?
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