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CHEOPS Discovers Rocky Exoplanet that Defies Conventional Formation Theories

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Feb 12, 2026 - 16:15
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CHEOPS Discovers Rocky Exoplanet that Defies Conventional Formation Theories
An artist’s impression of the four-planet system around LHS 1903. Image credit: ESA / ATG Europe.

ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) has revealed a four-planet system whose outermost world is a small and rocky planet -- not a gas giant.

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