Hot Neptune
Instead of Losing its Atmosphere, an Exoplanet Puffed Up and Held Onto it
To date, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 5638 extrasolar planets in 4,199 star systems. In the process, scientists have…
6 months ago
Titanium Clouds Make This Exoplanet Shine Like a Mirror
ESA's Cheops mission has been studying an ultra-hot exoplanet around a nearby star and discovered its metallic clouds reflect about…
1 year ago
The Discovery of a Hot Neptune that Shouldn’t Exist
1800 light-years away, an unlikely survivor orbits an aged star. This rare planet is called a hot Neptune, and it's…
2 years ago
Hot Stars Blast Away at gas Giants Until Only Their Rocky Cores Remain
We don't see many Neptune-sized worlds closely orbiting their star. That may be because the star robs them of their…
2 years ago
Red Dwarf Star, Planet Orbiting at Right Angles. Mayhem.
A new study of a well-known exoplanet has revealed something very strange. Apparently, the planet orbits its star from pole…
7 years ago