At journal club this week I will present a recent Nature paper by Charpinet et al. claiming the discovery of two very close-in planets orbiting an evolved (sdB subdwarf) star.  The planets are presumed to have survived being immersed within the star’s envelope during its red giant phase:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v480/n7378/full/nature10631.html

There is also a short News & Views piece written by myself, for those who would like to check that out:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v480/n7378/full/480460a.html

-Eliza