"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't ...

The class of planets known as “hot Jupiters” puzzled astronomers on first discovery, but rapidly led to an explanation that ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, ...

A hot Jupiter is a planet with a mass similar to the Jupiter of our solar system but orbiting very close to its star, which raises its temperature to extremely high levels. The Geneva scientists ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — 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 ...

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.

The class of planets known as “hot Jupiters” puzzled astronomers on first discovery, but rapidly led to an explanation that they had formed far out and migrated inwards. It was thought that ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot ...

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 ...

Hot Jupiters are believed to orbit alone close to their star, accreting any other planets. This observation was more convincing because there was a theory supporting it. The theory states that when ...