Scientists discover new planet orbiting dangerously close to giant star
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 16:28
in Astronomy & Space
A team of astronomers from Penn State and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland has discovered a new planet that is closely orbiting a red-giant star, HD 102272, which is much older than our own Sun. The planet has a mass that is nearly six times that of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.