Europe’s Corot Finds Mysterious Object
Credit: ESA/OAMP
Scientists are puzzling over a massive planet-sized object discovered by Europe’s Corot orbital observatory that is unlike any heavenly body seen before. The object, dubbed Corot-exo-3b, is about the size of Jupiter but with 20 times Jupiter’s mass, and takes only four days and six hours to orbit...
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