Outrageous orbitals: An image of the various photonic orbital shapes observed. (Courtesy: M Kozon et al., Phys. Rev. B 109, 235141, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB ...

For the study, the researchers analyzed data from NASA’s now-retired Kepler Space Telescope regarding the orbital shapes, also known as eccentricities, on 1,646 exoplanets whose sizes range between ...