Spitzer Hears Stellar ‘Heartbeat’ from Planetary Companion
A planet and a star are having a tumultuous romance that can be detected from 370 light-years away. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected unusual pulsations in the outer shell of a star called HAT-P-2. Scientists’ best guess is that a closely orbiting planet, called HAT-P-2b, causes these vibrations each time it gets close to the…
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