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TESS detects new ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet orbiting a rapidly rotating star

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet. They have used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to make this discovery. The newly discovered alien world is estimated to be nearly three times the mass of Jupiter. The exoplanet orbits...

Trading spaces: How swapping stars create hot Jupiters

Why do star clusters have hotter Jupiters than average? A group of astronomers has proposed a new solution. This solution involves a lot of stellar neighbour swapping. Astronomers were surprised to discover an entirely new class of object when they first began studying exoplanets. These...