5 Insane Facts About TOI-2031 b — The Gas Giant Rewriting Physics #Shorts

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]TOI 2031b a hot Jupiter 460 light years away just changed everything.

[00:00:05]Astronomers studying TOI 2031b found five things that don't match Jupiter, Saturn, or any textbook. Number five, it's bloated. TOI 2031b has Jupiter's mass but 50% more radius. Its atmosphere is puffed like [music] a balloon from tidal heating. Number four, it orbits at scorching distance, just 0.040 from its K dwarf star, 12 times closer than Mercury to the Sun. Number three, but here's where models break. Its density is 0.4 g per cc, lighter than cork.

[00:00:37]Number two, atmospheric escape is extreme. Helium streams off at 18 km per second, visible in infrared.

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