
ESA astronomers announced this week that they've discovered two more exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, using the space-based COROT observatory. The two new finds are Jupiter-sized gas giants that orbit close to their parent stars.
But the astronomers also reported that COROT has picked up another object that they can't quite explain. This space oddity, COROT-exo-3b, looks to lie somewhere between a brown dwarf and a planet. It may even be a star, though if that's the case, scientists say it would be among the smallest ever detected.
The observatory is designed to pick up small, rocky planets, so the two new Jupiter-sized finds aren't even its specialty. But the scientists say that they're also hoping to re-examine a fourth object, a potential exoplanet that may be Earth-scale.
Via ESA



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from Brisbane, Queensland
Aliens!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulfrom Winnipeg, Manitoba
Small Star? I sure hope its some messed up mystery like a comet that just stopped moving...
0 out of 1 people found this comment helpfulYeah.. but Its probably nothing of importance. Dont Explore It. STOP.
its most probably a klingon warbird
2 out of 2 people found this comment helpfulwhy do the world want for its doom.
0 out of 1 people found this comment helpfulstay away from the space oddity