Cheops spots inside out exoplanet quartet

Paris, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2026
Many students learn memory tricks to remember the order of the Solar System's planets, with rocky worlds close to the Sun and gas giants farther out. Astronomers have now found a nearby planetary system that breaks that familiar pattern. An international team led by Thomas Wilson of the University of Warwick used ESA's Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, along with other spac