Steve Kawaler helps research team see misaligned planets in distant system
Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their host star. Such tilted orbits had been found in planetary systems featuring a “hot Jupiter,” a giant planet in a close orbit to its host star. But, … Continue reading Steve Kawaler helps research team see misaligned planets in distant system