Two new inflated ‘hot Jupiters’ discovered by astronomers

On: February 5, 2018

Astronomers have detected “hot Jupiter” exoplanets transiting two distant stars. The newly found alien worlds, designated EPIC 229426032 b and EPIC 246067459 b, appear to be larger than it should be according to theoretical models. The finding is reported January 24 in a paper published on arXiv.org.

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