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“Because any planet forming so close to the star should not contain them. And that implies that this planet possibly formed much farther away from the star and eventually migrated to its current close orbit.”
“which means that there was probably a time when it was a very different planet, possibly resembling something else we've seen before.”
“that implies that this planet possibly formed much farther away from the star and eventually migrated to its current close orbit.”
“But here, since this object is right in the middle of the valley, we essentially caught one planet in the middle of this transition stage. It's essentially a kind of a missing link showing us how planets can evolve.”
“It's essentially a kind of a missing link showing us how planets can evolve from somewhat puffy gas worlds into much smaller molten worlds which eventually solidify and become very hot terrestrial planets.”