an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it is a giant rocky planet (super-Earth) surrounded by a thick, hot atmosphere. NASA’s JWST detected gases emanating from a ...

A research group has succeeded for the first time in investigating the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere. This has now been announced by the European Southern Observatory ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere.

“I was shocked by the level of detail they extracted from such a small exoplanet’s atmosphere, which provides an incredible opportunity to learn the story of a totally alien planet. With ...

The latest observations have uncovered an entirely new type of jet stream in the exoplanet’s atmosphere ... and chemical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has just achieved a historic first by capturing direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ... in exoplanet research. Until now, atmospheric composition ...

To ascertain the chemical composition of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, astronomers analyze the light from its host star as the planet passes in front of it from the perspective of Earth ...

The exoplanet K2-18b, located about 120 light ... JWST detected methane and carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere—compounds that, together, strongly indicate a hydrogen-rich environment ...

The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms and contended it's ...

Scientists have announced the detection of dimethyl sulfide—a chemical that, on Earth, is only produced by living organisms—in the atmosphere of an exoplanet called K2-18b. This is the second ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has just achieved a historic first by capturing direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an ... dioxide marks a turning point in exoplanet research. Until ...