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A plot detailing stars\u2019 level of pulsation. Logan G. Wilson et al<\/p>\n
The star in question, dubbed HD 156295, is notably hotter than the Sun on its surface, which burns at a face-melting 13,500 degrees Fahrenheit compared to around 10,000 F for our solar star, Science Alert reported.<\/a><\/p>\n Located just 140 light-years from Earth, the bluish-white entity is also twice as big and nine times more luminous, making it visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n Despite its scorching temperatures, the star harbors a potential planet dubbed HD 156295 b in its habitable zone, where conditions could theoretically allow water to exist.<\/p>\n \u201cIf confirmed, HD 156295 would be the hottest star to host a habitable-zone planet,\u201d the researchers wrote of the planet. <\/p>\n If this parallel world is real, it\u2019s unlikely it would be hospitable to life.<\/p>\n Far from an Earth analog, this gas giant is projected to be six times bigger than Jupiter while its distance from its home star is approximately 4 times the span between Earth and the sun.<\/p>\n It also orbits its stellar centerpiece once every 2,200 days, meaning that the theoretical inhabitants would only get a Birthday once every six years.<\/p>\n To find this potential exoplanet \u2014 a world that is situated outside our solar system<\/a> \u2014 the team had to conduct a serious star search. <\/p>\n They reportedly pored over 16,500 such Delta Scuti stars \u2014 a stellar body that pulsates in brightness like a cosmic metronome \u2014 using NASA\u2019s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which helps scan the cosmos for these intergalactic entities.<\/p>\n Using this novel technique, the researchers managed to narrow down the field to nine star systems, including one that harbored HD 156295 b.<\/p>\n They then deployed a detection method called pulsation timing, which measures variations in the length of time it takes for the star\u2019s light to reach us like an interstellar stethoscope.<\/p>\n Thankfully, HD 156295 had a steady heartbeat, so to speak, allowing scientists to pinpoint irregularities in its celestial cadence that were potentially caused by the gravitational pull of another body like a planet.<\/a><\/p>\n Unfortunately, this so-called Earth analog remains purely theoretical. <\/p>\n![\"Graph.\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/diagnostic-skewness-amplitude-spectrum-snr-143145707.jpg\")
Graphic detailing the A-type stars. Logan G. Wilson et al<\/p>\n