Astronomers have discovered a massive extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star that is too small to host such a world, challenging scientists’ models of how planets and planetary systems are born. The planet in question, called LHS 3154 b, is 13 times larger than itself. SoilIn other words, it has a mass… Read More »
LHS 3154b is a newly discovered massive planet that should be too big to exist. Pennsylvania State University Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs in the chicken coop; But instead of a chicken egg, you found an ostrich egg, much larger than a chicken could lay. That’s kind of how our team of… Read More »
Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs in the chicken coop; But instead of a chicken egg, you found an ostrich egg, much larger than a chicken could lay. That’s kind of how our team of astronomers felt earlier this year when we discovered a massive planet with a mass nine times less than… Read More »