Sentences with phrase «whips around its host star»

Researchers have discovered an Earth - sized exoplanet named Kepler 78b that whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours — one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected.

Researchers at MIT have discovered an Earth - sized exoplanet named Kepler 78b that whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours — one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected.