The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary glimpse of weather on a rogue planet 20 light-years from Earth.
An international team of astronomers has identified a rare, potentially habitable super-Earth just 19.5 light-years from ...
A team from the University of Maryland and Cornell University developed the first three-dimensional temperature map of WASP-18b, a gas giant orbiting a star about 400 light years away.
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before quickly cooling back down. The “hot-headed” planet is HD ...
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...
Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.
Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.
Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this week ...