This Huge Alien Planet Is Making Its Host Star to Age Prematurely

Monday, September 29, 2014 - 06:50 in Astronomy & Space

The close-orbiting alien planet, known as WASP-18b, is apparently disrupting the magnetic field of its host star so much that the object is behaving like a much older star, researchers said.

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