Astrophysicist Ashley Chontos and colleagues discover dying exoplanet (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Astrophysicist Ashley Chontos and colleagues discover dying exoplanet

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Ashley Chontos, Princeton's Henry Norris Russell Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics, was part of a team discovering that Kepler-1658b is spiraling to its doom around its aging star, providing a chance to learn more about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve.

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Photo by Stephanie Reif, Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences

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