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New Type of Exoplanet Discovered to Revolve Around a Star Incredibly Close – Webby Feed
Once again, we’re witnessing a premiere in science. Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered something unique located at approximately 260 light-years away from Earth. A new…
Once again, we’re witnessing a premiere in science. Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered something unique located at approximately 260 light-years away from Earth. A new type of alien world is unveiled, and it’s the first known “ultrahot Neptune.”
The sunlike star known as LTT 9779 is the spot targeted, and followup observations after the ones made by TESS confirmed the existence of the exoplanet and ‘ultrahot Neptune’ known as LTT 9779 b.
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