Tootfinder

In a few days the #PlanetNine hypothesis - first published on 20 Jan 2016 in the paper https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22 ("EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM", yes, they shouted it in all caps) - will turn 10 years old. The proposed big outer solar system inhabitant has never been found: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/planet-9-x-y-edge-of-solar-system reviews the situation.

Gas-depleted #planet formation occurred in the four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11271 -> Astronomers discover unique ‘inside out’ planetary system / CHEOPS detects a new planetary "disorder": https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/astronomers-discover-inside-out-planetary-system/ / https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2026/media_releases_2026/cheops_detects_a_new_planetary_disorder/index_eng.html

TOI-4616 b: a benchmark Earth-sized #planet transiting a nearby M4 dwarf: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10905 -> This Isn't Just Another Rocky World Orbiting a Red Dwarf. This One's Special: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/this-isnt-just-another-rocky-world-orbiting-a-red-dwarf-this-ones-special

Gaia-GIC-1 - An Evolving Catastrophic #Planetesimal Collision Candidate: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3ddc -> UW astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding: https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/03/11/uw-astronomers-spot-planet-collision-evidence/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Planet Soul:
🎵 Set U Free (radio edit)
#PlanetSoul
https://open.spotify.com/track/1CVDsdLb6LzQDfXvFgOF6b

GPI SPHERE detection of a 6.1 MJup circumbinary #planet around HD 143811: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/10/aa57104-25/aa57104-25.html -> Rare image of Tatooine-like planet is closest to its twin stars yet: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/12/rare-image-of-tatooine-like-planet-is-closest-to-its-twin-stars-yet

The British press is furious about the hoax of the #planet parade that didn't happen ... generated with https://stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app ;-)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
Planet of Souls & Nicki Wells:
🎵 No Way Back
#PlanetofSouls #NickiWells
https://anjunachill.bandcamp.com/album/no-way-back
https://open.spotify.com/track/7EsGZ6VujrpTScGwMfiNKP

A Cool Earth-sized #Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19870 -> Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth? https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-an-ice-cold-earth/

Accretion bursts crystallize silicates in a #planet-forming disk: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09939-3.epdf?sharing_token=P58g4NqC9qaLvEBsuH4KetRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MYZdrCaKok5Y0PdtT8ktDCgnU-F4RtynU4IJFex5w48P9qDSOQ7uO_brP91R_9nxwjQ79afxwYMCIUqjb2PB9i762vxqcuUCgDqgmE9Oyu0fXR4S7O7ExDBu_B3-ZurJA= -> NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-young-sun-like-star-forging-spewing-common-crystals/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsRaveForever
Planet Perfecto:
🎵 Bullet In The Gun 2000
#PlanetPerfecto
https://open.spotify.com/track/3c7aA2sPM4xcFTWkBINhty