Similar to Earth but incapable of sustaining life. Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing ...
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with an unprecedented glimpse of a distant exoplanet, shedding ...
New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...
Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar ...
The total solar eclipse across North America on April 8, 2024, is a stunning and memorable event for everyone in its path.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is poised to investigate seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, 40 light ...
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, ...
at past times in Earth's atmosphere, phosphorus scarcity limited the biosphere. An aerial biosphere is an interesting idea. But it's not the main thrust of scientists' efforts to detect exoplanet ...
Astronomers confirm the existence of a first-of-its-kind tidally locked exoplanet, Kua'kua. This alien world is locked to its ...
"There's a reason no glory has been seen before outside our solar system — it requires very peculiar conditions." There are many words that could be used to describe WASP-76b — hellish ...
The indications have exoplanet scientists intrigued, however, as they could help to shed light on this planet’s dramatic atmosphere. “Further proof is needed to say conclusively that this ...