formation of planets

Exoplanet ‘Hot Jupiter’ stinks of rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that one of the closest “hot Jupiter” planets to Earth stinks of rotten eggs. The planet is already notorious for its deadly rains of glass, extreme temperatures and 5,000 mph (8,046 km/h) sideways winds, but this discovery makes it an even less friendly world. The … Read more

Huge radio telescope array investigates the birth of planets around twin stars

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Astronomers have gained new insight into the formation of planets around twin stars that orbit each other. Despite the fact that we are most familiar with planets orbiting a single central star – such as the arrangement of our Solar System – more than 50% of the stars in the cosmos exist in a binary … Read more