hot Jupiters

Astronomers accidentally discovered barium in the atmospheres of two Hot Jupiter exoplanets, and they can't figure out how it got there.

Heavy Metal

They weren't expecting that.

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Element Yet in Exoplanet's Atmosphere

A new study outlines a new discovery of a surprisingly young hot Jupiter class exoplanet called HIP 67522 b, some 490 light-years from Earth.

Young Hot Jupiter is My Drag Name

How did it get so close to its parent star?

This Super Young Jupiter-Sized 'Hot Planet' is Puzzling Astronomers

Astronomers have found that a distant exoplanet is so drawn by the gravitational pull from its host star, it's being deformed into the shape of a football.

Ultra-hot Jupiter

Make no mistake: this planet is basically Hell.

Scientists Just Found a Hellish Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

This planet could learn a thing or two from the story of Icarus...

Not Long For This World: Astronomers Find Distant Planet Locked in a Death Spiral

Astronomers Reel in a Haul of Five New “Hot Jupiters”

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