New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
"There's a reason no glory has been seen before outside our solar system — it requires very peculiar conditions." ...
Life on Earth depends on six critical elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur. These elements ...
The total solar eclipse across North America on April 8, 2024, is a stunning and memorable event for everyone in its path.
Researchers believe they may have identified a set of rainbow-like colorful rings, called a glory, on a planet outside our ...
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
A study that investigated 42 superflares challenges the traditional blackbody radiation model of superflares, proposing the ...
This rainbow-like atmospheric phenomenon depends on a very specific set of circumstances. It is common on Earth and ...
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, ...
The CHEOPS space telescope is providing new information on the mysterious exoplanet WASP-76b. This ultra-hot giant is characterized by an asymmetry between the amount of light observed on its eastern ...
Astronomers confirm the existence of a first-of-its-kind tidally locked exoplanet, Kua'kua. This alien world is locked to its ...
A recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics examines rainbow-like light patterns known as “glories” between the ...