Astronomers Directly Image a Jupiter-Sized Planet Orbiting a Sunlike Star universetoday storybywill
confirmed this planet and produced mass estimates about eight times that of Jupiter.
Artist’s impression of the super-hot Super-Jupiter WASP-79b located 780 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Credit: NASA
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