After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called "Warm Jupiters," showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.
An artist's portrayal of a Warm Jupiter gas-giant planet (r.) in orbit around its parent star, along with
smaller companion planets [Credit: Detlev Van Ravenswaay/Science...
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