Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2022
Since the first hot Jupiter was discovered in 1995, astronomers have been trying to figure out how the searing-hot exoplanets formed and arrived in their extreme orbits. Johns Hopkins University astronomers have found a way to determine the relative age of hot Jupiters using new measurements from the Gaia spacecraft, which is tracking more than a billion stars. Lead author Jacob Hamer, a P
New clues suggest how Hot Jupiters form
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