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    Planetary formation

    Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds Artist illustration of a bright star surrounded by rings of slowly differentiating material

    Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds

    Apr 6, 2021
    Why some planets eat their own skies View of a star partially obscured by a large rocky planet with magma ocean

    Why some planets eat their own skies

    Dec 17, 2019
    Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

    Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

    Mar 16, 2017
    Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’ Death star

    Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’

    Dec 15, 2016
    Daniel Fabrycky BW

    Daniel Fabrycky

    Title: Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Expertise: Exoplanets, Planetary formation, Planetary science

    Departmental website: https://astrophysics.uchicago.edu/people/profile/daniel-fabrycky/

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