A doomed world: astronomers discover an exoplanet spiraling towards its destruction
Ashley Chontos, Henry Norris Russell Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics from Princeton, was part of a team that discovered Kepler-1658b was heading for its doom around its aging star, offering a chance to learn more about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve. Chontos also led the 2019 effort to confirm this object …
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