ZME Science

This Far-Away Mini Neptune Next to a Hot Jupiter Shouldn’t Exist. Its Atmosphere May Explain Why

One is a hot Jupiter, a giant planet skimming close to its star. The other is a smaller gas-rich mini-Neptune traveling even ...

JWST finds a heavy atmosphere on a mini-Neptune orbiting a hot Jupiter

A giant planet was supposed to have the place to itself. Instead, in a star system 190 light-years away, a hot Jupiter shares ...
CNN

Strange planet with a backward, cucumber-shape orbit is turning into another kind of world

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have ...
IFLScience

Jupiter Technically Does Not Orbit The Sun. A Lot Of Time, Neither Does Earth

Thanks to the sheer mass of Jupiter and fellow gas giant Saturn, the Solar System barycenter is rarely in the center of the ...
Space.com

Exoplanet with weird orbit is transforming into a hot Jupiter before our eyes

"Astronomers have been searching for exoplanets that are likely precursors to hot Jupiters for more than two decades, so I was very surprised — and excited — to find one." When you purchase through ...