/newsroom/taxonomy/term/15150/all en /newsroom/channels/news/super-puff-planet-no-other-327777 <p>The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought necessary to build up the immense gas envelope surrounding giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn, according to a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Professor Eve Lee.</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:04:54 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256265 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supersonic-winds-rocky-rains-forecasted-lava-planet-325719 <p>Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their host star that some regions are likely oceans of molten lava. According to scientists from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, York University, and the Indian Institute of Science Education, the atmosphere and weather cycle of at least one such exoplanet is even stranger, featuring the evaporation and precipitation of rocks, supersonic winds that rage over 5000 km/hr, and a magma ocean 100 km deep.</p> Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:31:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 245267 at /newsroom