A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

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].

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.

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 developed with gas giants far from our sun, some planetary systems consist of ...

Scientists are learning more about planets that orbit stars other than our own, analyzing the atmosphere of other worlds with extreme precision as a way to piece together our own origin story.

"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 ...

The planet provides a brilliant target for the next generation of telescopes to probe its atmosphere ... HD 20794d orbits its star with two other super-Earth planets, designated b and c, which ...