Tag: transit method
An atypical exoplanet in the shape of a rugby ball: unheard of!
As part of ESA’s Cheops mission, an exoplanet twice the size of Jupiter has been detected orbiting extremely close to its star. Result, a tidal effect such that the planet,…
An exoplanet in the shape of a rugby ball: unheard of!
As part of ESA’s Cheops mission, an exoplanet twice the size of Jupiter has been detected orbiting extremely close to its star. Result, a tidal effect such that the planet,…
First detection of an exoplanet which is not spherical!
As part of ESA’s Cheops mission, an exoplanet twice the size of Jupiter has been detected orbiting extremely close to its star. Result, a tidal effect such that the planet,…
172 new exoplanets, including 18 systems, in the net of astronomers!
There are currently nearly 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. And astronomers keep finding new candidates. Still in the archives of the Kepler Space Telescope today. They report the discovery of no less…