"We measured the thermal emissions from this rocky planet, and the measurement indicates that the planet has a substantial ...
To add to the intrigue, this isn’t the planet’s original atmosphere — it’s a second atmosphere ... in about 17 hours — one of the fastest known orbital periods of any exoplanet. This leads to extreme ...
Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Scientists have spotted a rocky exoplanet with a possible atmosphere, ...
For the first time, we've found evidence of a substantial atmosphere wrapped around a rocky world outside the Solar System.
Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic ...
Exoplanet Atmosphere This illustration provided by NASA in 2017 depicts the planet 55 Cancri e, right, orbiting its star. A thick atmosphere has been detected around the planet that’s twice as big as ...
Astronomers say that they have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect for the first time an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet outside the Solar System 1. Although this planet cannot ...
An atmosphere isn't necessarily an indicator of a potentially ... “JWST is really pushing the frontiers of exoplanet characterization to rocky exoplanets,” Hu said. “It is truly enabling a new type of ...
Recent research finds claims of biosignature gas detection were premature. Recent reports of NASA’s James Webb Space ...
Webb Telescope's study on K2-18b reveals potential but inconclusive signs of extraterrestrial life; advanced technology ...
Now we have evidence from outside our Solar System that one particularly strange exoplanet might even be displaying something ...
A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among ...