Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas ... thought of as "metal" are vaporized into the atmosphere, making them detectable via spectroscopy. Strong winds blow these metals to ...

Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Test (Ministry of Education), Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China ...

In preparation for near-term observations of these exoplanets, we need to understand how volatile elements partition between the interior and atmosphere for diverse planetary compositions. To fill ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet ... vapour and carbon monoxide in the planet's atmosphere, and how those chemicals reacted to the ...

This finding highlights the role of sophisticated technologies for solving cosmic riddles. Exoplanet models reveal a CO2 comparison of atmospheric composition comparable to Venus A remarkable result ...

Enaiposha is one of the most studied exoplanets in the sky. It was discovered in 2009, with a mass and radius that put it somewhere between Earth and Neptune. Subsequent observations revealed a ...

Calçada) Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster ... astronomers have been fascinated ...

The fact that a hot Jupiter's day side is highly irradiated is believed to be a major driver of atmospheric dynamics. "Answering the question of what drives these intense winds is challenging, as ...

Higher atmospheric wind speeds have been detected on two other exoplanets, in winds from their day side to night side, but not in winds flowing around the entire planet. The researchers tracked ...

Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter ... Researchers were studying the atmosphere of the planet, thanks to the fact that is quite puffy. It is larger than Jupiter, but a lot less massive ...