Exoplanet, Atmosphere

First 3D Map of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Reveals Bizarre Weather
Meet Tylos: a gas giant 900 light years away and with a climate never seen before on any planet known to scientists.
Scientists Develop First-Ever 3D Map of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere
For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system. Attached to a particularly mysterious alien world, the newly charted atmosphere challenges astronomers' understanding of how weather works on other planets.
First 3D view of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveals alien weather that's "Out of science fiction"
A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.
3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate
Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its other hemisphere tidally locked in perpetual darkness. And at about the same time, a different group discovered a rare small, cold exoplanet with a massive outer companion 100 times the mass of Jupiter.
Astronomers capture first 3D view of an exoplanet’s atmosphere and climate
Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with unprecedented detail. By mapping the three-dimensional structure of the planet’s atmosphere,
This distant exoplanet has an atmosphere ‘like something out of science fiction’
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
A Real-Life Sci-Fi World? This Exoplanet’s Atmosphere Behaves Like Nothing Seen Before
Around 900 light-years away, a gas giant exoplanet unlike anything in our solar system is rewriting the rules of extreme weather. Known as WASP-121b, this planet is already infamous for its blistering temperatures,
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Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its ...
Scientists observed violent titanium rainstorms on an alien world
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 ...
Exoplanet's Winds 'Challenge Our Understanding of How Weather Works'
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
From Metal Rain to Roaring Jet Streams: The First 3D Look at an Alien Atmosphere
Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...
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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'
Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by ...
Scientists just looked inside a truly sci-fi planet
The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
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NASA astronomers find the fastest exoplanet system at 1.2 million miles per hour
NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...
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Where Are the Universe’s Missing Planets?
Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...