Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type. They can have orbital ...

A new study published by an international team of researchers led by Taro Matsuo, an astrophysicist at Nagoya University in ...

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A massive gas giant located 900 light-years away, has had its remarkable atmosphere mapped in 3D by astronomers for the first ...

Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of extreme winds.

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Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so closely that a year lasts just 30 Earth hours. One side of the planet is ...

A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.

Located around 900 light-years away in the Puppis constellation, Tylos orbits its parent star at an absurdly close distance, ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system.