Kepler, 1st Exoplanet Spotted By NASA

• According to the researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US, the exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days.
• Ten years after it was launched, the first exoplanet candidate spotted by NASA’s Kepler space telescope has finally been confirmed as a real world.

Kepler-1658 b

• Kepler-1658 b is 50 per cent more massive and three times larger than the Sun.
• The newly confirmed planet orbits at a distance of only twice the star’s diameter, making it one of the closest that resembles a future version of our Sun.
• Standing on the ....