Tag: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Exoplanets soon to be swallowed by their star
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…
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…