noaoann16010 — Announcement

Likely new planet may be in slow death spiral

9 June 2016

Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found one unlike any other: a newborn ‘hot Jupiter’ whose outer layers are being pulled away by the star it orbits. Possibly in a slow death spiral, the planet was studied with multiple telescopes including the Kitt Peak 4-m Mayall.

Links

• Read more in the Rice University Press Release.