Scientists discover four new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets orbiting dwarf stars
• 8 years agoUsing 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
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoThe 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
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoThe 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
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoThese 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
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoThe planet is known as WASP-12b and is about 1,400 light years away in the constellation of Auriga.