Discovery Alert: a ‘Hot Neptune’ in a Tight Orbit
By Grace Jacobs Corban The Discovery A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these form. Key Facts An international team of scientists used the NASA space telescope, TESS […]
Published by NASA on 11/26/2024