A young binary system that is located approximately 325 light-years away from us has broken several records in regards to what scientists have found in space thus far. The binary star system called b Centauri contains a gigantic planet that shouldn’t even exist. The planet, which is called b Centauri b, is about 11 times. Read more »
An exoplanet slightly larger than Jupiter has been discovered orbiting two stars. The newly discovered circumbinary planet – which is a world that orbits two stars – has been called TIC 172900988b. The planet was found by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is located about 824 light-years away from us in the constellation. Read more »
Brown dwarf stars have been getting some attention lately as astronomers debate whether these small celestial bodies are actually stars (they’re often referred to as failed stars) or large gas giant planets like our own Jupiter. Those supporting the brown-dwarfs-are-gas-giant-planets theory got a boost recently with new research showing that brown dwarfs show evidence of stripes, bands and polar storms similar to those seen on Jupiter. Talk of stars, stipes and bands brings to mind the famous march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. was he making a subtle comment about brown dwarfs when he wrote “Stars and Stripes Forever“?