Astronomers Discover A Planet With Three Suns
- 8 years ago
Astronomers recently took a closer look at the KELT-4 system and learned it’s even weirder than originally thought. While it was once believed to be home to a hot Jupiter and two suns, researchers have learned there are actually 3 stars involved.
A team of astronomers led by Jason Eastman from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently took a closer look at the KELT-4 system, located 685 light years from Earth, and learned it’s even weirder than originally thought, reports the Washington Post.
While it was once believed to be home to a "hot Jupiter" and two suns, researchers have learned there are actually 3 stars involved.
A team of astronomers led by Jason Eastman from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently took a closer look at the KELT-4 system, located 685 light years from Earth, and learned it’s even weirder than originally thought, reports the Washington Post.
While it was once believed to be home to a "hot Jupiter" and two suns, researchers have learned there are actually 3 stars involved.