SCIENTISTS have discovered that a fiery hell ... to understand what conditions make it possible for a rocky planet to sustain a gas-rich atmosphere: a key ingredient for a habitable planet ...
An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a nearby alien world known as TOI-1685 b.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a rocky planet with what appears to be an atmosphere outside our solar system for the first time. The researchers believe they have ...
NASA has taken to its website to highlight a "rocky ... planet and measured the light coming off it. By measuring the light researchers are able to determine what elements are present in the ...
A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported on Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the ...
The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, wrapped a blanket of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. The ...
Researchers using global robotic telescopes discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf ...
Crawford (STScI), CC BY 4.0 For the first time, astronomers have discovered an atmosphere surrounding a rocky exoplanet—but it isn’t the atmosphere that the planet started with. Scientists ...
A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.