When it was discovered in 2008, WASP-12b was the hottest planet ever seen, a record it surrendered in 2018 to another world dubbed Kelt-9b. At the time, WASP-12b was also the closest planet to its ...

Gas giant WASP-127b has extremely powerful ... which can reflect light and make planets easily detectable to astronomers. KELT-9b is not just your average "hot Jupiter" - a name given to gas ...