Astronomers find a torched super-Earth on a ONE DAY orbit around its star
Astronomers have discovered a rare exoplanetary beast, and it’s providing evidence that planetary formation and evolution over time take a lot of different pathways. It’s a super-Earth getting positively cooked by its host star, but the baffling part is its big sibling right next door [link to paper].
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Thanks! And it *does* look like Krypton. :)
Jor-El replies, "The thinking is that all the planets slowly move toward the star over time."
Clock starts ticking.
In all seriousness, interesting article!
The illustration there looked just like Krypton, too.