New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

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A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Researchers have developed a new technology that can shape the spectrum of light emitted from a laser frequency comb across ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet ...

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Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Astronomers have created the first three-dimensional (3D) map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones – one so scorching that it breaks down water ...