Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have characterized the atmosphere of a hot super-Neptune exoplanet ...
Astronomers are uncovering new insights into exoplanetary atmospheres, and a recent study on WASP-107 b has turned ...
This illustration shows what the hot rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b could look like based on this work. TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost of seven known planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, orbits its star ...
meaning it’s a kind of planet often called a Hot Jupiter. That alone isn’t too exciting – those are some of the most commonly found exoplanets out there, because their size and proximity to ...
Many types of exoplanets exist, but we often shorthand with descriptions like "super-Earth," hot Jupiter, and mini-Neptune. But some exoplanets are so unique that they almost defy shorthand.
Hot clouds of molten titanium Exoplanet LTT9779 b was first spotted in 2020, but it's only recently that ESA discovered how shiny it truly is. Thanks to the agency's CHEOPS satellite, which ...
The exoplanet, WASP-69 b, is a gas giant. It's around the same size as Jupiter but less than a third as massive, and orbits a main sequence star roughly 160 light-years from Earth.