The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

See the iconic Pillars of Creation in this 3D visualization created from James Webb and Hubble Space Telescope data. Credits Producer Greg Bacon (STScI), Frank Summers (STScI), NASA's Universe of ...

The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

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 ...

Tylos (or WASP-121b) is a gaseous, giant exoplanet located some 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists have ...