In 2008, astronomers with the SuperWASP survey spotted WASP-12b as it transited in front of its star. At the time,…
A recent study presented this week at the 2023 meeting of the American Geophysical Union discusses observations of “hot Jupiters”…
Hot jupiters are giant planets that orbit extremely close to their stars, completing an orbit in a few days or…
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters examines a rare alloy molecule known as chromium hydride (CrH) and…
Astronomers have discovered an intense binary star system located about 1,400 light years away. It contains a brown dwarf with…
Astronomers have found a brown dwarf companion to a white dwarf star with a day-side temperature of around 8,000 kelvin…
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers commissioned the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), which is designed…
In 1992, humanity's effort to understand the Universe took a significant step forward. That's when astronomers discovered the first exoplanets.…
"Death by star" is a fate awaiting most planets in star systems. That includes our Sun, Venus, and Mercury a…
Star clusters tend to host more hot Jupiters than average, but why? A team of astronomers have proposed a new…