a super- Jupiter orbiting its star with a separation comparable to the distance of Neptune from the Sun. This makes the discovery a rare treasure among exoplanets, and could be the start of a new ...

A “super-Jupiter” giant exoplanet has been discovered orbiting a nearby star. The observed exoplanet – a planet outside the solar system – is very bright and cold, with a mass more than ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an MPIA-led team of astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon Indi. The planet is a cold super-Jupiter ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a new "super-Jupiter" planet that is one of the coldest worlds ever seen outside the solar system. The extrasolar planet ...

“Previous studies had correctly identified a planet in this system but underestimated this super-Jupiter gas giant’s mass and orbital separation,” Matthews said. Giant gas exoplanets, like Eps Ind Ab, ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

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A nearby "super-Jupiter" exoplanet - about 12 light years away from Earth - was detected and could be one of the coldest, according to an international study, including researchers from IIT Kanpur.

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant exoplanets form and what their atmospheres can look like, ...

So-called “hot Jupiter” planets are one such type ... it is a bit separate from a lot of other exoplanets,” lead author Megan Mansfield of the University of Chicago said in a statement.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an MPIA-led team of astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon Indi. The planet is a cold super-Jupiter ...

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