23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
...and their diversity appears endless. All manner of exoworlds from hot Jupiters, sub-Neptunes and super-Earths have been found orbiting ... parent star.” The mission will focus on warm and hot planets, ranging from super-Earths to gas giants orbiting ...
03 July 2019
New study reveals detailed exoplanet atmosphere
... close to the star and is far less massive than Jupiter—318 times Earth's mass—but has managed to accrete the...further, thus stopping the planet from accreting more gas and becoming a hot Jupiter. In essence, the planet got stuck being a sub-Neptune, ...
05 June 2020
Exciting exoplanet find around sun-like star
... to be a lot higher than Earth, with most detections picking up super-Earth sized words, sub-Neptunes and hot-Jupiters. And regardless of their mass they also tend to have orbits relatively close in around their respective host...