In a groundbreaking revelation, recent astronomical observations have identified potential Dyson spheres, massive structures ...

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located ...

Scorching heat breaks down water WASP-18b is a gas giant about 10 times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting its star every 23 hours. Its tidally locked orbit means one face is always scorched by starlight, ...

A curious phenomenon has left astronomers puzzled over a strange category of planets orbiting distant stars, according to newly published research. The research challenges fundamental assumptions ...

For the first time, scientists have created a 3D temperature map of a planet outside of our solar system. The exoplanet, WASP-18b, is a massive gas giant that whips around its star in less than a day.

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 ...

Four hundred light-years away, a world twice the size of Jupiter glows like a forge. Now, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have charted that fiery planet in three dimensions — the ...

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As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as ...