Planetrise: Astronomers spy two planets in tight quarters as they orbit a distant star
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 13:31
in Astronomy & Space
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Washington and Harvard University has discovered a bigger version of Earth locked in an orbital tug-of-war with a much larger, Neptune-sized planet as they orbit very close to each other around the same star about 1,200 light years from Earth.