HD 209458 – one of the first few exoplanets discovered (by the Hubble Space telescope). It was named ‘Osiris’, after the Egyptian god of the underworld.
This planet is large, as large as Jupiter and orbits it’s star every three and a half days.
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The Missing Link of Astronomy?
The American Astronomical Society has announced a discovery that it is heralding ‘ will be marked as among the most profound scientific discoveries in human history.’ 1
So, what discovery could this possibly refer to?
