February 7, 2014

Illustration of the planet Kepler-413b orbit (Image NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI))

While NASA is still analyzing the proposals for a new use of the Kepler space telescope after the end of its mission, scientists are still examining the data collected in the past years. The observations of the binary system Kepler-413 have allowed them to discover an exoplanet called Kepler-413b that’s really pecutliar, especially because its axis wobbles like a spinning top, causing violent changes in its seasons.