The eccentricity split coincides with several other iconic features in the exoplanet population, such as the high abundance ...

"Small planets have low eccentricities, and large planets have large eccentricities." Seeing a correlation between the eccentricity of planetary orbits and the abundance of metals indicated to the ...

The eccentricity split coincides with several other iconic features in the exoplanet population, such as the high abundance of small planets over large planets and a tendency for giant planets to ...

The purple bars surrounding planets Gliese 581 c and d illustrate the variable distance to the star caused by the eccentricity of the orbits.

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope ...