Tag: Exoplanets

WASP-69b is a gas giant exoplanet with a diameter slightly larger than Jupiter but a mass less than a third of Jupiter. It is often referred to as a “hot Jupiter” because of its compositional similarities to the gas giant and proximity to its host star. WASP-69b is located a mere 0.04525...

In recent years, we’ve all become accustomed to astrophysicists regularly discovering new exoplanetary systems, with the number of known exoplanets increasing by hundreds every year. However, thanks to the powerful ALMA telescope in Chile, astronomers recently discovered a circumplanetary disk...