The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot Jupiter" planets may not be lonely giants after all. The findings could force scientists to revise their ...

But what’s particularly interesting about the newly-discovered alien world named “TAP 26 b” is that it’s not a frigid ball of gas like our Jupiter; it’s boiling hot. TAP 26 b is thought ...

The planet, called CoRoT-2b, is considered a “hot Jupiter” because it’s a gas giant that has a very close relationship with its host star. We’ve seen hot Jupiter exoplanets before ...

Consistent with this, most known hot Jupiters appear to have no nearby planets, but exceptions have started to emerge.Nevertheless, WASP-132 is the most striking example yet found. ‘‘The WASP ...

The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...

Do all exoplanets known as “hot” Jupiters orbit alone in their respective solar systems, as has long been observed? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

Research by astronomers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), challenges current theories about the formation of planetary systems that feature a so-called hot Jupiter planet. A hot Jupiter is ...

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't understand." The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has ...