A newly discovered exoplanet spins around its star every eight days
The recently identified exoplanet SPECULOOS-3b orbits its ultra-cool dwarf star in just seventeen hours, making a full local year shorter than a single day on Earth.
Located 55 light-years away, SPECULOOS-3b is an Earth-sized world that completes a full orbit around its star every 17.2 hours. This rapid journey is possible because its host star is an ultra-cool dwarf, which is significantly smaller and cooler than our Sun.
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