Tag Archive for 'Tau Boo b'

An artist’s impression of the hot-Jupiter exoplanet tau Boötis b. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

LOFAR Detects Radio Emission from Tau Boötis Planetary System

Dec 16, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the LOw Frequency Array (LOFAR), a large radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands, have detected circularly polarized...

Hot Jupiters Have Powerful Magnetic Fields

Jul 23, 2019 by News Staff

Hot Jupiters — massive gaseous exoplanets orbiting close to their host stars — have surprisingly powerful magnetic fields, many times stronger...

This is an artist's impression of Tau Boötis b. Image credit: David Aguilar / Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Tau Boötis b: Astronomers Detect Water in Atmosphere of Jupiter-like Exoplanet

Feb 26, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Alexandra Lockwood from California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have detected the water vapor in the atmosphere of an extrasolar...

New Planet-Weighing Technique

Jun 27, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists have for the first time determined the mass of a non-transiting extra-solar planet. Artist's impression of Tau Boötis b looking at its...