Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar ...
New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
"There's a reason no glory has been seen before outside our solar system — it requires very peculiar conditions." ...
Life on Earth depends on six critical elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur. These elements ...
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
Researchers believe they may have identified a set of rainbow-like colorful rings, called a glory, on a planet outside our ...
This rainbow-like atmospheric phenomenon depends on a very specific set of circumstances. It is common on Earth and ...
The total solar eclipse across North America on April 8, 2024, is a stunning and memorable event for everyone in its path.
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, ...
"The exoplanet is 'inflated' by the intense radiation from its ... It might be iron since it has already been detected in the planet's extremely hot atmosphere. The detection of this phenomenon on ...
Astronomers confirm the existence of a first-of-its-kind tidally locked exoplanet, Kua'kua. This alien world is locked to its ...