Astronomers use ESO's 'Very Large Telescope' to identify a new exoplanet that defies expectations

Lead image and all other images courtesy of ESO The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has discovered a new star in the night sky. Astronomers have photographed a planet orbiting b Centauri, a two-star system that you can see with the naked eye. The observation is significant because it's the hottest and most massive planet-hosting star system ever found. The planet orbits its star at about 100 times the distance that Jupiter orbits the Sun. Researchers have published their res...