Hot Jupiters, gas giants with masses greater than 0.1 times that of Jupiter and orbits shorter than 10 days, challenge conventional ideas of planetary formation. Traditional theories suggest ...

The hot Jupiter WASP-132, with a mass just under half that of Jupiter, orbits its star in just over seven Earth days. The ...

51 Pegasi B is what is considered to be a “Hot Jupiter” planet, meaning that it’s a massive body that orbits much closer to its star than our own Jupiter, leading to extremely hot surface ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Scientists have detected a potential exoplanet using an unusual method — tracking shifts in another planet’s orbit. The hot Jupiter TOI-2818b was found to have an unexpected timing variation, hinting ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

A new study has revealed the structure of extreme winds on WASP-121b, a gas giant located 1,300 light-years away. This ...

Israeli astronomers report the detection of a new Jupiter-like exoplanet using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). The newfound alien world orbits a nearby M-dwarf star ...

WASP-121b is an "ultra-hot Jupiter," a class of large gas planets ... (1,250 degrees Celsius/1,500 degrees Kelvin). The planet orbits its star at about 2.5% of the distance of Earth to the sun.

According to a new paper published in the journal Nature, astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of the layered atmosphere of one such ultra-hot Jupiter-size exoplanet, revealing powerful winds ...