THE MOST GIGANTIC PLANETS. JUPITER IS A BABY COMPARED TO THEM

Can you imagine what would happen if Jupiter suddenly decided to move closer to the Sun? Would it immediately vaporize, explode, disappear, or burn under the Sun? It is not necessarily the case.

Scientists have already discovered many huge exoplanets that have been orbiting close to their star for billions of years. Of course, because of the proximity to the host star, they are insanely hot. But they exist, they live and haven’t even lost any size.

Such planets are called hot gas giants or hot Jupiters. Hot Jupiters are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter. Scientists still haven’t been able to figure out the origin and the development of those huge exoplanets.

How did they appear? One hypothesis suggests that once gas giants were made of rock or ice. Then, as Universe changed, they were gassed up by nearby luminaries in the formation stage. It caused the planets to swell enormously and turn into gas giants. Hot Jupiters hide a small rock or metal cores inside that survived from their past. Astronomers have yet to check their hypothesis.

The new technology of the James Webb telescope allows the discovery of some of the giants’ secrets one by one. Some findings are beyond our wildest imaginations. Well, who would have thought of rains made of metals? Could we imagine a planet with New Year’s Eve every day? How about a rugby ball-shaped planet that runs away from its star?

Let’s take a closer look at those incredible exoplanets. Giant exoplanets.

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