Mysterious 'hot Jupiter' planets can form quickly or slowly, Gaia spacecraft reveals - Space.com

These massive worlds are vastly different from anything in our solar system.

The existence of "hot Jupiters" is one of the oldest mysteries of the exoplanet-hunting era, but a European spacecraft is revealing some clues about how these enigmatic worlds form.  So-called hot J… [+1866 chars]

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