Astronomy Today@astronomytodayAstronomers have worked out why a distant exoplanet seemed to vanish. The planet, TOI-2535 b, sits about 1,000 light-years away, and NASA's TESS telescope tracked it for seven years.
It never actually went anywhere. A hidden neighboring planet is tugging on it while it tugs back, which tilted its orbit out of line with its star and stopped it crossing the star's face in March.
The planet isn't due to pass in front of its star for at least 30 years, though its unseen companion could do so sooner.
