Tag Archive for 'Messier 67'

This artist’s impression shows a hot-Jupiter orbiting close to one of the stars in the star cluster Messier 67. Astronomers have found far more planets like this in the cluster than expected. This surprise result was obtained using a number of telescopes and instruments, among them the HARPS spectrograph at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Image credit: L. Calcada / ESO.

Unexpected Excess of Hot-Jupiter Exoplanets in Messier 67

Jun 17, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers have found that there are far more so-called hot-Jupiter planets – gas giants that orbit very close to their parent stars – than...

This is an artist's impression of the newly discovered exoplanet YBP1194b. Image credit: ESO / L. Calçada.

Three New Exoplanets Discovered in Star Cluster Messier 67

Jan 15, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has discovered three new extrasolar planets in an open star cluster known as Messier 67: two planets circling dwarf...