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UCLA-led astronomers have identified the first known “disappearing planet,” TOI‑2535 b, a hot‑Jupiter gas giant located about 1,000 light‑years from Earth. The planet orbits its host star in just 8.25 days—roughly ten times faster than Mercury’s 88‑day period. Over a seven‑year span researchers recorded multiple transits of TOI‑2535 b, after which the planet’s transit signal vanished. The team’s Astrophysical Journal Letters article explains that the disappearance is not literal; a neighboring planet’s gravity is tilting TOI‑2535 b’s orbit, causing it to miss the star from our line of sight.

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