Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...
A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...
Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.
Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of ...
For the first time, scientists have produced a 3D temperature map of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-18b, a gas giant that is so ...
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First 3D Map of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Revealed

The first world beyond our Solar System to be mapped in three dimensions a gas giant almost ten times more massive than ...