Astronomers spot 60 new 'hot Jupiter' candidates
Yale researchers have identified 60 potential new "hot Jupiters", a class of Jupiter-like giant gas planets which complete an orbit around host star within a week due to their proximity. The discovery was made by studying reflected signals in observations of over 1,40,000 stars by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Reflected light signals hold rich information about planets' atmospheres, researchers said.