Creating rocky planets is a messy, dangerous, hot business. Planetesimals accrete together, which creates heat and pressure on the newborn world.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK created a complex model that describes a world with most of its water locked deep below the surface, not in pools or oceans, but in rocks.
2023 Planetary Alignment: 5 Planets Will Soon Be Visible in the Night Sky – NBC Chicago
If you love all things astronomy, you'll most certainly want to pay close attention to the sky in the coming weeks.
For one night, on March 28, five planets - Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars - will gather within a 50-degree sky sector - in what will be a rare astronomical phenomenon, according to the website Starwalk.
All 8 City Planets In Star Wars
There are many city-planets in Star Wars canon, ranging from the galactic capital of Coruscant to the Hutt homeworld of Nar Shaddaa.
Not all of them are canon, of course. Over the decades, the Star Wars Expanded Universe introduced many city-planets; these stories were branded non-canon (or " Legends ") when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, though, so they shouldn't really be counted.
Conjunctions bring planets close together
The conjunction of planets Venus, top, and Jupiter is seen in the sky above Salgotarjan, Hungary, on March 2, 2023.
The Popular Astronomy Club will start its monthly public viewing sessions on March 18 at the Niabi Zoo parking lot beginning at sunset.
