Massive 'Hot Jupiter' Aging Its Parent Star | Video

Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 13:05 in Astronomy & Space

The gas giant WASP-18b, 10X larger that Jupiter, orbits its relatively young parent star in just 23 hours. With the planet that close, the star’s magnetic field may be damped so much it is emitting x-rays at old age star rates.

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