Evaporating exoplanet WASP-69b solves two planetary puzzles

<p>It was only a little over 30 years ago, in the early 1990s, that humanity detected our first planets in orbit around stars other than the Sun: the exoplanets. The earliest ones discovered were a bit of a surprise: they were all massive, in tight orbits around their parent stars, and extremely hot: a class known as hot Jupiters. Since that time, we&rsquo;ve discovered more than 5000 exoplanets, ranging from sub-Earth sized all the way up to super-Jupiters, with a huge variety found in between. However, two puzzles have arisen:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/evaporating-exoplanet-wasp-69b-solves-two-planetary-puzzles-3f8e843b5a2c"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>