HATS-12 b is an adventurous hot Jupiter orbiting the star HATS-12, discovered back in 2016 by the clever folks of the HATSouth survey using a trusty ground-based telescope equipped with an Apogee 4K CCD sensor. This blazing gas giant loves to play hide and seek, revealing its presence as it transits, or passes in front of, its host star. Imagine a planet so close to its sun that it gets scorched day after day, making it a sizzling world of extremes! Although we don’t have its exact distance from Earth, HATS-12 b’s discovery highlights the dedication of astronomers searching the skies from our own planet, capturing the dance of distant worlds with precision and curiosity.
