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University of Michigan: Top-down or Bottom-up? Researchers Discover How a Distant Solar System Made Its Gas Giants
February 09, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:

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Top-down or bottom-up? Researchers discover how a distant solar system made its gas giants

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?'

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The University of Michigan was part of a research team that used the world's most powerful space telescope to provide new insights into a longs . . .

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