Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores: A rare find -- a 'warm Neptune' around a bright blue star -- offers clues to the dearth of Hot Neptunes - Science Daily

Why are Neptune-sized planets rare among exoplanets discovered to date? A 'warm Neptune' recently found by astronomers around a bright blue A-type star provides a clue. Astronomers have proposed that gas giants like Neptune would be stripped of their gas in c…

Over the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit smaller stars -- from red dwarfs to stars slightly more massive than… [+6014 chars]

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