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Fleeting phase of planet formation discovered

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These celestial bodies coalesce into objects shaped like giant red blood cells.

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  1. Lock, S. J. & Stewart, S. T. J. Geophys. Res. Planets http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JE005239 (2017).

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  1. Ramin Skibba
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Skibba, R. Fleeting phase of planet formation discovered. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22039

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