AUSTIN (KXAN) — A planet that scientists called a “hot Jupiter” is causing trouble for its solar neighbor. Labeled HIP 67522 b by scientists, this planet is 415 light-years from Earth. It is one of ...

Astronomers may have uncovered the curious origins of the universe's most curious planets, so-called "double hot Jupiters." The team behind the research hopes their discovery will help find more of ...

IMAGE: Artist’s impression of the exoplanet WASP-121 b. It belongs to the class of hot Jupiters. Due to its proximity to the central star, the planet’s rotation is tidally locked to its orbit around ...

"This is an ultra-hot Jupiter, and orbits much closer to its star than any other hot Jupiter ever discovered." A massive planet trapped in a death spiral around its star could unlock some of the ...

Today, I must share with you the latest groundbreaking discovery by the Webb Telescope! It has recently observed 111 exoplanets and astonishingly found sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of a hot ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore what would happen if Jupiter became a star. Florida’s $83 million land deal is ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

A hot Jupiter-like planet, is causing its young solar system to erupt with solar flares, potentially leading to the planet's atmosphere being stripped away and shrinking it to the size of Neptune.

This content was originally published on Space. A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates. When you purchase through links on our site, ...