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

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

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Around a star 880 light-years from Earth orbits one of the wildest, most extreme exoplanets we've found to date.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

For many years, astronomers have been fascinated by the mystery of exoplanets—those planets located outside our solar ...

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

Tylos (or WASP-121b) is a gaseous, giant exoplanet located some 900 light-years away. Astronomers were able to differentiate ...

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 ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...