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The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory has a strangely elongated orbit. Credit: Images and ...

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Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and evolution?