NASA celebrates exoplanet discovery led by BAERI scientist

An international collaboration of astronomers has identified four exoplanets orbiting a pair of related young stars (TOI 2076 and TOI 1807) that may give scientists insight into a little-understood stage of planetary evolution. A paper describing the findings, led by BAERI’s Christina Hedges, was published in The Astronomical Journal.

“The planets in both systems are in a transitional, or teenage, phase of their life cycle,” said Hedges. “They’re not newborns, but they’re also not settled down. Learning more about planets in this teen stage will ultimately help us understand older planets in other systems.”

Read NASA’s feature story about the discovery here.