A Planet Mysteriously Vanished While Astronomers Were Watching, Now They Finally Know What Happened

TOI-2535 b vanished from astronomers' observations. The hot Jupiter gas giant was observed by astronomers from 2019 until March 2026, when it failed to appear after a series of shorter and shallower transits. Astronomers now believe they know what happened to the planet, located nearly 1,000 light-years from Earth.