Wasps signs of greatness in the heavens.

[Andywasp50]

I’ve just posted this on the DW site as it and thought I’d add it here seeing as it’s Wasps news of Galatic proportions…

I saw this in the Independent today and had to chuckle at the irony - maybe it's a sign of greatness to come or a box kick that went too high..

Apparently astronomers have discovered the first exoplanet that's not spherical. It's shaped like a rugby ball due and has been called Wasp-103b as orbits a distant star called Wasp-103.

Astronomers have found a “deformed” exoplanet shaped like a rugby ball for the first time.https://www.independent.co.uk/space/planet-round-shape-deformed-wasp-103b-b1990735.html

"The planet has been stretched out and squashed down by the tidal forces between it and Wasp-103, the distant star around which it orbits. That star is about 200 degrees hotter and 1.7 times bigger than our Sun.

The unusual planet known as Wasp-103b was spotted using new data from Cheops, the European Space Agency’s mission to find exoplanets, which was combined with existing information from the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes."

[Rossm]

Andy, you've just blown your cover

[Neils]

Andy, you've just blown your cover

Not quite hiding though was he! 😀😀

[13thWarrior]

That's really cool, thanks for sharing!

[westwaleswasp]

Thank you.
Have an upvote/applaud thingy for this stellar contribution!

[Shugs]

There’s space on both forums for it.

[Andywasp50]

Andy, you've just blown your cover

I weighed up the ‘gravity’ of doing so Ross and thought it was worth it..