The three different key cases of planets forming in a disk. The first is a violent version that produces eccentric and "hot" Jupiters, which the authors suggest are typical. The second is the "barren" version, also typical, in which nothing bigger than Neptune grows. The third is an in between case, where the conditions are just right, when results end up looking like our own Solar System. Credit: Science/AAAS

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