Researchers have called it a rare ultra-hot Neptune. Thanks to images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) published in Nature Astronomy, researchers are now able to see and analyze extreme ...

The newly discovered planet belongs to a rare category known as the "hot Neptune desert," so named because so few such planets exist that the term "evokes a deserted landscape," NASA officials ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The James Webb Space Telescope has provided insights into the atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune located in the hot Neptune desert. The planet, which ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers investigate the extreme weather patterns and atmospheric properties of exoplanet LTT 9779 b. New JWST observations with NIRISS reveal a dynamic ...

Illustration of LTT 9779 b, the only known ultra-hot Neptune. This planet orbits so close to its star that its atmosphere is scorching hot, glowing from its own heat while also reflecting starlight.