Sentences with phrase «giant gas planet»

In fact, while methane is a atmospheric characteristic of giant gas planets like Jupiter, the only brown dwarf found to even have a trace of methane was Gliese 229 B, which orbits a reddish, M - class dwarf located about 20 light - years away from Earth.

Of the alien solar systems we've spotted, many seem to have one intriguing thing in common: giant gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn orbiting very close to their parent star.

The existence of a fifth giant gas planet at the time of the Solar System's formation — in addition to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune that we know of today — was first proposed in 2011.

We were looking at hot Jupiters [giant gas planets that lie very close to their stars].

The core - buildup process can also form rocky planets like the Earth, while the process of fast - collapsing materials might make only giant gas planets, the researchers said.

The radius of giant gas planets depends on its atmosphere and interior giant zone, with the irradiation from the star heating its atmosphere, inflating it like a hot air balloon.

Farther away in the disk, ices that haven't been vaporized by the star and more gas combine to form giant gas planets.

Mining the atmospheres of giant gas planets is a staple of science fiction.

Jupiter's rings may not be as pronounced as Saturn's, but its ring system still extends to an impressive 140,000 miles away from the giant gas planet.

Artist's concept of a habitable moon orbiting a giant gas planet.

The latest observations add yet another head - scratcher: giant gas planets that circle their stars on wildly tilted orbits or go around the wrong way altogether.

Artist's conception of a giant gas planet that orbits close to the central star Credit: ESA — C. Carreau

For example, 51 Pegasi, an extrasolar system found this time has a giant gas planet with a half the size of Jupiter that orbits close to the central star in only 4 days.

A never - before - seen image of an astronomical alignment of a Uranian moon, Ariel, as it traverses the face of the giant gas planet.

Brown dwarfs are more massive and hotter than giant gas planets but lack the mass required to become sizzling stars.

While Jupiter might be thought of as a good analogy for a brown dwarf, a brown dwarf is actually warmer than the giant gas planet.

This unusual world, officially known as WASP - 12b, is a «hot Jupiter» — a giant gas planet which orbits very closely to its sun and which is heated to extreme temperatures — NASA explained in a statement.