'Hot Jupiter' alien planet spiraling to its doom around aging star - study
The discovery will serve as a "celestial laboratory for years to come" and will help astronomers better understand tidal dynamics.
An artist's concept of the Kepler-1658 system. Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by Kepler.(photo credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
