hot Jupiter
Americannoun
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This marks the first time scientists have measured the atmospheric composition of a mini-Neptune located inside the orbit of a hot Jupiter.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
According to the researchers, both the mini-Neptune and the hot Jupiter probably formed much farther away from their star, in a colder region of the system's early disk of gas and dust.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Silicates are exceptionally common — all the rocky bodies in the solar system are made from them, and silicates have previously been detected in the atmospheres of hot Jupiter exoplanets before.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023
Luis Calçada, a science visualization artist who works with the European Southern Observatory, chose another hot Jupiter: Vega b.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2022
A precise water abundance measurement for the hot Jupiter WASP-43b.
From Nature • May 6, 2018
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