Weird Out of Whack Exoplanetary System Discovered

Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 16:30 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists have found the first multi-planet system that is tilted out of alignment with the host star. The star, known as Kepler-56, is about 45 degrees out of alignment from the orbital plane of a pair of planets.

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