Scientists have for the first time mapped the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, uncovering violent winds and bizarre weather ...
They're big
A bizarre stellar 'toddler' is leaving scientists scratching their heads.
There's no water in its stratosphere -- a first that might change what scientists think Hot Jupiters form.
It's the 'blackest' planet we've found.
We didn't even know this kind of planet can exist.
Astronomers have recently discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, using a novel technique - ...
Hot-Jupiter exoplanet illustration. (c) NASA Using the Hubble telescope, astronomers have identified faint signals of water in the atmosphere of ...
Astronomers have created the first cloud map of a planet outside our solar system, a sizzling, Jupiter-like world known as ...
The world, known as HD189733b, has a deep azure hue, probably the result of molten silicate glass rain in the ...
Stars have a pull on all planets, but they exhibit a special kind of attraction towards a class of planets ...
An artist impression of one of the two gas giants discovered orbiting a sun-like star, part of a star cluster. ...
Since 1995, over 500 planets that don't orbit our Sun have been discovered, with the numbers increasing more and more ...
The discovery of 9 new planets raises some serious questions on the matter of how planets are formed. Two astronomers ...
