The broken telescope was not an end but a new beginning, and it would lead to a transformation in our understanding of a fascinating and mysterious category of planets called hot Jupiters.
The story of hot Jupiters began decades ago. Even before astronomers had developed the technology to be able to look for planets around other stars, scientists imagined what those planets might be like.
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