Discovery Alert: This Four-planet System is Bleeding

Monday, February 24, 2020 - 09:30 in Astronomy & Space

Planets: DMPP-1 d, e, c and b The discovery: Three “hot super-Earths” and a “warm Neptune” orbit a relatively nearby, bright star not unlike our own Sun, a new study suggests. One or more of these planets is so thoroughly cooked that its atmosphere appears to be leaking into space – in fact, that’s how astronomers found […]

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