The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

The study of giant planet atmospheres, particularly those of Jupiter ... revealing how these storms can alter the distribution of ammonia and other compounds over extended periods[3].

As you might imagine, this would mean the warm side fries while the other freezes. That's true unless the planet were to have a good atmosphere. With a water-rich, Earth-like atmosphere ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

Furthermore, analyzing the starlight passing through the atmosphere of a planet can tell researchers the composition of that atmosphere. This is possible because elements absorb light at different ...

The primary science objectives for Pandora will be to analyze the atmospheres of 20 confirmed exoplanets during ... Pandora will be able to stare longer at the host stars of extrasolar planets, ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

gathered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope along with previous observations from Hubble and other space- and ... spectroscopy of an earth-like planet's atmosphere as it passes in front ...

NASA is set to launch its latest mission, Pandora, in 2025 to study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) oversubscribed, Pandora will play a crucial ...

"On the other hand, the reduction in emitted light ... for instance, is in a planet's atmosphere. That is because the variations can mimic or obscure the signature of water vapor in the pattern ...

"Part of the atmosphere of this planet is moving towards ... the planet has complex weather patterns just like Earth and other planets of our own System," adds Fei Yan, a co-author of the study ...