For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

Astronomers may have uncovered the curious origins of the universe's most curious planets, so-called "double hot Jupiters." The team behind the research hopes their discovery will help find more of ...

The weather forecast for faraway, blistering planets called “hot Jupiters” might go something like this: Cloudy nights and sunny days, with a high of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,300 degrees ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any other planets present.

Astronomers just discovered a gas giant on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter — and it’s extremely weird. An exoplanet on a twisted, backwards orbit may offer clues about how hot Jupiters (giant gas ...

Hot Jupiters – giant gas planets that race around their host stars in extremely tight orbits – have become a little bit less mysterious thanks to a new study combining theoretical modeling with ...

IMAGE: Artist’s impression of the exoplanet WASP-121 b. It belongs to the class of hot Jupiters. Due to its proximity to the central star, the planet’s rotation is tidally locked to its orbit around ...

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Recent research challenges the prevailing theory that hot Jupiters (gas giants orbiting close to their stars) form through a disruptive process that prevents the existence of smaller planets in the ...

How do exoplanets evolve throughout their lifetimes, specifically those known as “hot Jupiters”, which have been found to orbit extremely close to their parent stars? This is what a recent study ...

The WASP-132 system contains a Hot Jupiter (in the foreground), an inner super-Earth (here transiting in front of the orange host star) and the planet WASP-132d, discovered towards the outside of the ...