Jovian planets — the giants of solar systems
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Tag: hot jupiter
Gas giants orbiting young star may require astronomers to rethink planetary formation
A bizarre stellar 'toddler' is leaving scientists scratching their heads.
Huge exoplanet ten times more massive than Jupiter has unique carbon monoxide atmosphere
There's no water in its stratosphere -- a first that might change what scientists think Hot Jupiters form.
Odd Jupiter-sized exoplanet is hot enough to melt metal but paradoxically pitch-black
It's the 'blackest' planet we've found.
Scientists find water clouds and exotic, primitive atmosphere on a “warm Neptune”
We didn't even know this kind of planet can exist.
Water detected in a planet outside our solar system
Astronomers have recently discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, using a novel technique - ...
Signs of water found in the atmosphere of 5 alien planets
Hot-Jupiter exoplanet illustration. (c) NASA Using the Hubble telescope, astronomers have identified faint signals of water in the atmosphere of ...
First cloud map of an extrasolar planet
Astronomers have created the first cloud map of a planet outside our solar system, a sizzling, Jupiter-like world known as ...
For the first time, researchers discover true color of distant planet
The world, known as HD189733b, has a deep azure hue, probably the result of molten silicate glass rain in the ...
Stars don’t consume their planets – usually
Stars have a pull on all planets, but they exhibit a special kind of attraction towards a class of planets ...
First evidence of planet formation around sun-like stars in clusters
An artist impression of one of the two gas giants discovered orbiting a sun-like star, part of a star cluster. ...
Extrasolar hot Jupiter sheds some light on our own solar system
Since 1995, over 500 planets that don't orbit our Sun have been discovered, with the numbers increasing more and more ...
Astronomers upset the theory of planetary formation
The discovery of 9 new planets raises some serious questions on the matter of how planets are formed. Two astronomers ...
