Exoplanet spiraling toward its doom as it orbits aging star

For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.

Adam Hadhazy • harvard
Dec. 19, 2022 ~6 min

Possible discovery of the first planet outside our galaxy

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time.

Megan Watzke • harvard
Oct. 25, 2021 ~7 min


Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet

The first Jupiter-like planet without clouds has been detected by astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Unlike our Jupiter, which takes nearly 12 years to orbit the sun, WASP-62b completes a rotation in just four-and-a-half days.

Nadia Whitehead • harvard
Jan. 22, 2021 ~3 min

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