The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Astrophysicists have once again enriched our knowledge of the cosmos with a new discovery: two small planets orbiting ...

The nature and origin of sub-Neptune-sized planets is arguably the hottest debate in the field of exoplanets nowadays. While absent in the solar system, they are the most common planet type in the ...

has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the exotic atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare "ultra-hot Neptune." The results are published on 25 February in Nature Astronomy. The study ...

Researchers have called it a rare ultra-hot Neptune. Thanks to images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) published in Nature Astronomy, researchers are now able to see and analyze extreme ...

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

The exotic atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare "ultra-hot Neptune," is coming to light thanks to observations via the James Webb Space Telescope led by Louis-Philippe Coulombe, a graduate student at ...

A new study is challenging the science of the formation of sub-Neptunian planets, which are the most common in the Milkey Way ...