by The newfound exoplanet b Centauri b is extreme in more ways than one.
A newfound alien world may force scientists to rethink some of their ideas about planet formation.
An exoplanet 11 times more massive than Jupiter resides in b Centauri, a young binary star system about 325 light-years from Earth, a new study reports.
The planet, known as b Centauri b, is among the heaviest ever found.
And combined, the two stars in b Centauri are six to 10 times heftier than our sun, making the system by far the most massive in which a planet has been discovered to date.
b Centauri is also the hottest known planet-hosting star system, researchers said.
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A newfound alien world may force scientists to rethink some of their ideas about planet formation.
An exoplanet 11 times more massive than Jupiter resides in b Centauri, a young binary star system about 325 light-years from Earth, a new study reports.
The planet, known as b Centauri b, is among the heaviest ever found.
And combined, the two stars in b Centauri are six to 10 times heftier than our sun, making the system by far the most massive in which a planet has been discovered to date.
b Centauri is also the hottest known planet-hosting star system, researchers said.
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