Could humans survive on other planets? What would it take to live on Mars, Venus, or even a moon like Titan? From low gravity to toxic atmospheres, every planet presents a unique challenge. Watch as ...

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

While scientists expect the atmospheres of Jovian planets in other solar systems to be composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, they have not yet measured the properties of their atmospheres.

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].

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 ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

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, ...

"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 ...

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 ...