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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Recipe for 'hot Jupiters' often includes two stars, study finds

Scientists say they may have a clue to the mysterious origin of “hot Jupiters,” those gas giant planets that circle uncomfortably close to their host star: There may be a second star involved. A survey of 77 stars hosting hot Jupiters has found that roughly half of them are binary star systems.

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