LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune, is defying expectations. With temperatures soaring to nearly 2,000°C and a tidally locked ...

For decades, something strange has lurked inside the icy giants of our solar system. Uranus and Neptune, distant blue worlds ...

LTT 9779 b resides in the “hot Neptune desert,” where exceptionally few such planets are known to exist. While giant planets orbiting very close to their host stars—often called "hot Jupiters"—are ...

And that gave us a clue what’s probably going on in these ice giant planets, we call them. IRA FLATOW: And I have an image in my head of oil and vinegar in my salad dressing separating. Is that the ...

such as the high abundance of small planets over large planets and a tendency for giant planets to only form around stars enriched in heavy elements such as oxygen, carbon and iron. The finding ...