Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

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 time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

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 ...

An international team of astronomers have been able to probe the atmosphere of an exoplanet like never before. Exoplanet ...

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

Read on to learn more about them. Venus, the Morning Star: Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system despite not being the closest to the sun, is so primarily due to its thick, carbon dioxide ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar system will be visible at once, with Mercury making a cameo in the planetary parade which is running all this month and next.

The Planet Parade of 2025 is a truly extraordinary celestial event that has stargazers excited. From January 21 to mid-February, six planets will align in the sky: Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...