Tag Archive for 'WASP-12'

An artist’s concept of the hot-Jupiter exoplanet WASP-12b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STScI / C. Haswell, Open University.

Hot Jupiter WASP-12b is Spiraling In Toward Its Star: Study

Jan 12, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

WASP-12b will be completely consumed by its host star in 3.25 million years, according to a new study led by Princeton University astrophysicists. An artist’s...

This artist’s impression shows WASP-12b, an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Bacon, STScI.

WASP-12b: Hubble Spots Almost Completely Black Exoplanet

Sep 15, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the well-studied hot Jupiter WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear...