Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way – and scientists have predicted that ...

A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

Southwest Research Institute partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science ... solar system and the only one that has a significant atmosphere. "While just 40% the diameter of the Earth ...

Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so closely that a year lasts just 30 Earth hours. One side of the planet is ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Astronomers on Tuesday announced their observations of distinct winds in separate layers circulating on the planet named WASP ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...