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Doomed egg-shaped exoplanet spirals towards its star in a death spiral

Astronomers have discovered that a scorching hot planet twice the size of Jupiter is orbiting in a death spiral that will drag it towards its parent star. Cosmically speaking, a collision is expected to occur relatively soon. Researchers have been predicting for some time that this planet, called WASP-12b, would eventually dive towards its star,… Read More »

NASA’s TESS telescope detects 6 exoplanets around ‘misbehaving’ toddler star

Astronomers have discovered a rare system of six young planets and a possible seventh planet dancing around a misbehaving baby star. Not only will this system provide much-needed information about how planets form and develop around a baby star, but its similarity to the solar system may provide astronomers with a snapshot of what our… Read More »