Astronomers discover exoplanet with longest known year

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With the aid of NASA's Kepler spacecraft, a team of astronomers, including members from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has discovered an exoplanet with the longest yearly cycle ever recorded. The planet, imaginatively named Kepler-421b, takes an impressive 704 days to orbit its parent, a dim type K star... Continue Reading Astronomers discover exoplanet with longest known year

Section: Space

Tags: Exoplanet, Harvard, Kepler Mission, NASA, Smithsonian

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