Gaseous and scorching “hot Jupiters” make tilted loops around their parent stars - Inverse

Scorching ''hot-Jupiters" sometimes orbit their parent stars along wonky orbits. Astronomers are trying to understand why — and if it happens in our own Solar System.

A fiery type of alien world called a hot Jupiter can enter a tilted orbit relative to its parent star, and a new study could help puzzled researchers get to the bottom of why. In March, NASA annou… [+4692 chars]

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