Earth Sized Exoplanet Discovered Revolving Around its Star At ‘Break Neck’ Speeds (Five Times a Day)

A new Earth-sized exoplanet has been discovered with a peculiar and ultra-short orbit around its host star, completing a revolution every four hours and 20 minutes. There’s a joke in there somewhere, but we don’t know what it’d be. The planet is named EPIC 228813918 b, and it has the second-shortest orbital period of any planet ever discovered. The new … Continue reading →