In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

TOI-1408b, a grazing hot Jupiter, orbits its star every 4.42 ... For TOI-1408c, these variations amount to 15% of its orbital period—the largest relative TTV amplitude ever measured.

It’s a gas giant, making it a so-called “hot Jupiter,” but it might not be ... known there are only seven that have an orbital period of less than one day.” Based on its current position ...