US EditionAstronomers find first 'mind-blowing' evidence of exoplanets sharing same orbit
- Astronomers have detected a cloud of debris near a distant exoplanet, potentially indicating the presence of another planet sharing the same orbit. This discovery offers strong evidence that two exoplanets can coexist in a single orbit.
- The findings were made using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array telescope in Chile and published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal. The cloud of debris was observed in the orbit of a Jupiter-like gas giant known as PDS 70b, located about 400 light years away.
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Two Planets Sharing Same Orbit Around Their Star? Astronomers Find Strongest Evidence Yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven. Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted a cloud of debris in the same orbit as an already confirmed planet circling this star, 370 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. They sus…
Two Planets Sharing The Same Orbit Around A Star? Astronomers Find Strong Evidence
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of two planets sharing the same orbit around a star. The astronomers used Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and detected a cloud of debris that could be the building blocks of a new planet or remnants of one that has already formed. The team spotted a cloud of debris that might be sharing the orbit of one of the two exoplanets known to orbit the young star PDS 70, which is a s…
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