Now we have evidence from outside our Solar System that one particularly strange exoplanet might even be displaying something ...
Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, has scorching temperatures, and rains molten iron. Recent observations of the hot gas giant reveal ...
WASP-76b, an ultra-hot Jupiter-like planet, has long fascinated astronomers with its extreme weather conditions, including ...
“WASP-76b is several hundred light-years away — an intensely hot gas giant planet where it likely rains molten iron,” Standing said. “Despite the chaos, it looks like ...
The planet's nearby star needs to shine directly at it, with the observer — here CHEOPS — at just the right orientation." There's more to WASP-76b than molten iron rain Discovered in 2013 ...
The results potentially extend the age of the Earth’s magnetic field by hundreds of millions of years, and may shed light on the planet’s ... is powered by its molten iron core, which slowly ...
Each glory is unique, depending on the composition of the planet’s atmosphere and the colours of the light from the star that illuminates it. WASP-76 (the «Sun» of WASP-76b) is a yellow and ...