At the time, WASP-12b was also the closest planet to its star, though that record is now held by K2-137b, which sits just over half a million miles from its red dwarf star that's located some 322 ...

Wasp-12b has to be one of the most fascinatingly alien planets out there ... Found in 2008 using the transit method, it orbits a magnitude 11 yellow dwarf star, known simply as WASP-12 .

Around a star in our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have discovered an extremely low-density planet that is as light as cotton candy. The new planet, named WASP-193b, appears to dwarf Jupiter in ...

WASP-132 is somewhat cooler and less luminous than the Sun, but the two inner planets would still be ferociously hot. Much further out may lurk another object, which could be a brown dwarf with a ...

Due to this relative proximity, distinguishing WASP-80 b from its red dwarf star is no mean feat. In fact, it's even the capabilities of the $10 billion JWST.

WASP-127b takes a little over four days to orbit around its star, a yellow dwarf, ... Supersonic winds on this exoplanet, designated WASP-127b, travel at a mind-bending 5.5 miles per second ...

The planet is WASP-121b, a massive gas giant nearly twice the size of Jupiter. ... and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream. Date: February 21, 2022 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday.. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...