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Princeton: Kepler's First Exoplanet Is Spiraling Toward Its Doom
December 20, 2022
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 20 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news:

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For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an aging star. The doomed world appears destined to spiral closer and closer to its expanding star until they collide, obliterating the first exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope.

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The discovery offers new insights into the slow process of pla . . .

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