Exoplanet with wacky elliptical orbit has astronomers abuzz

A newly discovered exoplanet three times bigger than Jupiter has been discovered orbiting its star in a bizarre, elliptical orbit, slingshot-style — and astronomers are excited.

While elliptical orbits are not uncommon, they usually occur with planets that are at the outer edges of a star system,...

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