Hot Jupiters
Ultra-hot Jupiters tear apart water
The ultra-hot atmospheres of some exoplanets could act more like a star than a planet, destroying molecules such as water.
Discovery challenges planet formation theories
The discovery of a Jupiter-like exoplanet in orbit around a star smaller than our Sun is challenging what astronomers know about how planets form.
Hot Jupiter snows 'sunscreen'
Learning about planets outside our Solar System gives astronomers a broader view of the Universe. One of the latest discoveries is a huge, scorching planet on which it snows the main ingredient found in suntan lotion.
Hubble finds planet with glowing water atmosphere
Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our Solar System, or exoplanet. The stratosphere was found around a hot Jupiter exoplanet, WASP-121b, using data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Exoplanet found hotter than most stars
A hot, Jupiter-like exoplanet has been found that is hotter than most stars.
Exoplanet located in four-star system
The 30 Arietis system, home to exoplanet 30 Arietis Bb, was previously thought to be a triple star
'Hot Jupiter' found in three-star system
New observations have discovered an astronomical rarity: a 'hot Jupiter' residing within a three-star system.