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Artist's rendering of the planet WASP-121 b showing distinct climate patterns. Image: NASA/ESA

Hubble observes changes in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system

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An international team of astronomers compiled and reprocessed observations of the extrasolar planet WASP‑121 b collected by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2016, 2018 and 2019 and noticed weather patterns on its surface. It is a hot Jupiter-type planet - that is, on the order of Jupiter but very close to its sun
Different types of stars. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Hotter than the sun: an extremely hot brown dwarf has been discovered about 1,400 light years away from us

The brown dwarf is part of a new pair system that may advance our understanding of the evolution of stars and planets under extreme radiation conditions
An artist's rendering of a "hot Jupiter" planet in another solar system. Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI)

Scientists have measured the atmosphere of a planet in a solar system 340 light years away

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Using the Gemini South telescope, with an instrument called IGRINS, the team observed the planet's thermal glow as it orbited its host star. From this instrument they gathered information about the presence and relative amounts of various gases in its atmosphere
An artist rendering shows the gaseous exoplanet CoRoT-2b with a westward hotspot in orbit around its host star. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)

"Hot justice" with unusual winds

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An artist's illustration of the planet Ross 128b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet 11 light years away

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Prof. Michel Mayor met with President Reuven Rivlin. Source: PR photo.

"Technological improvement in the field of spectroscopy made possible the wave of discoveries of planets outside the solar system"

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Astronomers at Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University have discovered a planet so hot that its temperature rivals most stars. Image: Robert Hart, NASA/JPL-Caltech

A planet hotter than most stars has been discovered

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Artist rendering of a hypothetical moon orbiting a planet discovered in a dense three-star system. Image: NASA/Caltech

A planet was discovered in a system of three suns

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