Hot Jupiter

Scientists discover four new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets orbiting dwarf stars

Using telescopes of the Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network-South (HATSouth) Exoplanet Survey, the team observed four G-type dwarf stars known as HATS-50, HATS-51, HATS-52 and HATS-53.

NASA researchers find that the WASP-18b exoplanet has a toxic stratosphere devoid of water

The planet, which is around 325 light years away from the Earth was being observed as part of a survey to identify exoplanets with stratospheres.

Astronomers discover unusually large gas giant that challenges the conventional theories of planet formation

The exoplanet is about 600 light years away, has been given the designation of NTGS-1b, and belongs to a category of stars known as Hot Jupiters.

NASA's Hubble space telescope spots snowfall of sunscreen in blistering "Hot Jupiter" exoplanet

These Hubble observations are the first detections of this "snow-out" process, called a "cold trap," on an exoplanet, researchers said.

Hubble observes exoplanet so dark that it absorbs 94 percent of the visible starlight that falls on it

The planet is known as WASP-12b and is about 1,400 light years away in the constellation of Auriga.