Study finds hot Jupiters may form close to stars

Gas giant exoplanets similar to Jupiter but orbiting close to their host stars are known as “hot Jupiters.” The story of how they form may not be fully written yet. Recent developments have begun to challenge longstanding ideas about the formation of planetary systems, which contend that hot Jupiters form under conditions that preclude theContinue reading “Study finds hot Jupiters may form close to stars”
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