Showing posts with label HD 106906 b. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HD 106906 b. Show all posts

Friday, December 6, 2013

The super-planet that shouldn't be there.

Artist's impression of exoplanet HD 106906 b. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

The super-planet that should not be there.

HD 106906 b is the newest exoplanet in the ever growing catalogue of extrasolar worlds. What's special about this one is that it throws a wrench into the planet formation theory, and leave astronomers slightly puzzled.