Small Telescope Finds a Pair of Unusual Exoplanets

A small telescope with a lens no more powerful than that of a small camera managed to discover a distant pair of extrasolar planets that have some unusual properties. The KELT North telescope is located in southern Arizona. One of the two objects holds great promise towards advancing our kno... [ read more >> ]

This artist's rendering shows planet KELT-1b, which resides so close to its star that it completes a "yearly" orbit in a mere 30 hours

Image comment: This artist's rendering shows planet KELT-1b, which resides so close to its star that it completes a "yearly" orbit in a mere 30 hours
Image credits: Vanderbilt University / Julie Turner

This artist's rendering shows planet KELT-1b, which resides so close to its star that it completes a "yearly" orbit in a mere 30 hours
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