• News
  • Q & A
  • Videos
  • Illustrations
  • Competitions
  • Topics
    • Astronomy
    • Deep Space
    • Heroes of Space
    • FutureTech
    • Solar System
    • Space Exploration
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Jump To…
    • News
    • Q & A
    • Videos
    • Illustrations
    • About All About Space
    • Subscribe
  • All About Space
  • Back issues
  • Subscribe
  • Bookazines
  • Digital Editions
    • All About Space Digital Editions
    • GreatDigitalMags.com
  • Subscription Offers
Deep Space

Astronomers spot a ‘football-shaped’ exoplanet kicking out heavy metals

The hot-Jupiter WASP-121b has metals such as iron and magnesium flee the host planet due to its weak gravity

Deep Space

What is a hot Jupiter?

Could these worlds be the extreme cousins of gas giant Jupiter?

Solar System

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

Deep Space

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)

News

Astronomers find unusual amount of giant planets in star cluster

There are far more worlds of the hot Jupiter type than expected Messier 67

News

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

News

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

News

Hot alien world found around triple star system

The phenomenon has only been documented a few times before

Load more posts...

All About Space is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

  • About Us
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies policy
  • Advertise with us

© Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA . All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.