This weird ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren’t sure how

via space.com

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Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn that exist so close to their stars that they complete orbits in a matter of days. Now, new research may rewrite the definition of these planets that make the solar system look a little bit mundane. […]

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