NASA’s TESS telescope has spotted a world that could be a bridge between other types of exoplanets: hot Jupiters and scorched Earths. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-tess-first-ultrahot-neptune-exoplanet4…
Tag: Atom&Cosmos/Exoplanets
Gaps in gas disks around stars may not always mark newborn planets
New research has prompted a rethink of the theory that gaps in planet-forming disks around young stars mark spaces where planets are being created. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/protoplanetary-gas-disks-stars-gaps-newborn-planets4…
Moons that escape their planets could become ‘ploonets’
If giant planets in other star systems lose their moons, the freed objects could become “ploonets,” and current telescopes may be able to find them. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moons-escape-their-planets-could-become-ploonets4…