The results show a circular “hotspot” on the side of the planet that always faces its star, surrounded by a cooler ring at ...

For the first time, scientists have produced a 3D temperature map of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-18b, a gas giant that is so hot it can tear apart water molecules. This breakthrough, achieved using ...

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An Abu Dhabi scientist was part of a team of researchers who mapped temperatures on a planet 400 million light years away – and found that some areas are as hot as 3,500°C.Dr Jasmina Blecic, from New ...

"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far. Scientists are even beginning to move beyond mere detections, and working on ...

There’s no place like home. Unless, perhaps, your research involves finding a new home among the stars. But world-renowned exoplanet researcher Sara Seager says she's excited to be returning to her ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...