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A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star

A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star

A 'rebellious' exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star

A star and its planets form when a cloud of gas and dust collapses in on itself somewhere in space. The cloud then forms a disk around the nascent star, within which the planets will form. This protostar and its disk then rotate in the same direction.

phys.org/news/2026-09-rebellious-exoplanet-orbits-star.html

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