Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Venus’ rotation has always been weird. While it completes an ...

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Context. As a star evolves, the planet orbits change with time due to tidal interactions, stellar mass losses, friction and gravitational drag forces, mass accretion and evaporation on/by the planet.

Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about the planet TOI-3884b, which orbits its star at a crazy angle. The planet’s orbit is tilted by around 62 degrees compared to the star’s rotation, and ...