Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that one of the closest "hot Jupiter" planets to Earth stinks like rotten eggs. The planet is already infamous for its ...

It takes just 2.2 days for HD 189733 b to orbit its star and, because of its proximity to its star, it has a surface temperature of 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit, scientists said. For comparison ...

Exoplanet HD 189733 b circles its home star 13 times closer than Mercury orbits the sun. Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins Univeristy Exoplanet HD 189733 b was initially discovered in 2005 and ...

At just 64 light-years from Earth, HD 189733 b is the nearest "hot Jupiter" astronomers can observe passing in front of its star. This transit, as experts call it, has made it the target of a ...

On Earth, a year lasts 365 days as our planet whirls around the Sun – but it takes just 2.2 days for HD 189733 b to circle its own star. Nasa describes it as a "turbulent alien world" due to its ...

Concept art of HD 189733 b, the closest transiting hot Jupiter to Earth. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Since its discovery in 2005 by French astronomers who saw it transit across its star’s face—HD 189733—it has been the subject of close atmospheric observation. If anyone were able to ...

HD 189733 b is only 64 light years away from Earth, making it the closest “hot Jupiter” outside of our solar system that astronomers can watch as it passes in front of the star it orbits.

HD 189733 b is one of many exoplanets analyzed through a technique called the transit method. Astronomers glean details about it as the gas giant passes in front of its parent star. HD 189733 b is ...

HD 189733 b' is around 64 light years away from the Earth and is known an an exoplanet, meaning it orbits a star outside of our solar system. Researchers said the planet likely smells of rotten ...

At only 64 light-years from Earth, HD 189733 b is the nearest “hot Jupiter” astronomers can observe passing in front of its star. Since its discovery in 2005, this has made it a key planet for ...