Tag: Tess
Exoplanets about to be swallowed by their suns discovered by Tess
Tess has discovered hot Jupiters around dying solar-like stars with some of the shortest known orbital periods. These exoplanets are in fact migrating towards their suns and should soon be…
Discovery of the exoplanet GJ 367b, a dense and overheated sub-Earth
An exoplanet half as massive as Earth, but denser and much warmer, has been discovered around a nearby red dwarf. This object, of an unusual type among those discovered to…
This giant planet is falling on its star
A new planet, TOI-2109b, has been discovered orbiting a star about 855 light years away from us. The orbit of this planet is so short that it circles its star…