November 6, 2023
7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same star
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope may have saved the best for last. Astronomers combing over data collected by the telescope before its retirement in 2018 have found a system of seven planets being blasted by radiation from their parent star.An illustration showing two of seven scorching hot exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler telescope. (Image credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00238 Updated Catalog of Kepler Planet Candidates: Focus on Accuracy and Orbital Periods Updated Catalog of Kepler Planet Candidates: Focus on Accuracy and Orbital Periods
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