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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 ...
Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be a rainbow-like phenomenon occurring on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds.
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...
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From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
For the first time, astronomers observed the rainbow-like effect on the exoplanet WASP-76b — a hot gas giant located 637 ...
Beyond Earth, the glory effect had only been seen on Venus until Cheops and other missions picked up an incredibly faint signal suggesting it occurs in the atmosphere of the hellishly hot WASP-76b.