A faraway group of planets is puzzling scientists. Newly reported Kepler-56’s system has three planets — two smaller ones close by, and a much larger one further out. The inner planets are orbiting at a tilt to the equator of the host star. Scientists have seen that tilt before in other systems, but they thought … Continue reading "Tilt-A-Whirl! A Tale Of Strange Planetary Orbits In Kepler-56"