The Impossible Planet
On October 6, 1995, two Swiss astronomers announced the first planet ever found around a Sun-like star — a scorching gas giant so close to its sun that it defied every theory of how planets form.
On October 6, 1995, two Swiss astronomers announced the first planet ever found around a Sun-like star — a scorching gas giant so close to its sun that it defied every theory of how planets form.