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Astronomers discover dense super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star
- January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a sun-like star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-3862 b, turns out to be a dense super-Neptune exoplanet. The finding is reported in a paper published Jan. 15 on the arXiv preprint server.
Originally published at Phys.org