"Unveiling the Enigmatic 'Eyeball' Super-Earth: Kua'kua's Peculiar Day-Night Cycle"

Scientists have discovered an exoplanet, LHS 3844b, with one side in perpetual darkness and the other in constant sunlight, providing evidence of tidally locked exoplanets beyond our solar system. The planet, known as Kua'kua, is close to its host star Batsu and lacks an atmosphere, making temperature readings directly related to its surface. Researchers developed a global thermal model and compared it to observations from the Spitzer telescope, confirming the planet's tidally locked orbit. This discovery sheds light on the prevalence of such exoplanets in the Milky Way.