The hot-Jupiter WASP-121b has metals such as iron and magnesium flee the host planet due to its weak gravity
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What is a hot Jupiter?
Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?
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Why doesn’t our Solar System have a hot Jupiter?
We find out why one of these exotic planets can’t be found in our Solar System
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Astronomers use car engines to investigate hot exoplanet atmospheres
The results of a collaboration between French astronomers and applied combustion experts have been presented at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
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Astronomers find unusual amount of giant planets in star cluster
There are far more worlds of the hot Jupiter type than expected Messier 67
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Cloudy exoplanets could be hiding an abundance of water
Astronomers have found many hot Jupiters with water in their atmospheres, but others appear to have none
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Astronomers witness star stripping away young planet’s atmosphere
Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found compelling evidence for one unlike any other
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Hot alien world found around triple star system
The phenomenon has only been documented a few times before