"Wet lava ball" exoplanet may have an atmosphere, new evidence shows

A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...

James Webb Detects Strongest Evidence Yet of an Atmosphere on a Rocky Exoplanet

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds strongest evidence yet for atmosphere around rocky exoplanet: 'It's really like a wet lava ball'

This is the strongest evidence yet of a rocky planet beyond our solar system with an atmosphere. Astronomers using the James ...
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James Webb telescope uncovers a new mystery: A broiling 'hell planet' with an atmosphere that shouldn't exist

James Webb finds a hot planet that is tidally locked with its parent star, is coated with a thick atmosphere of volatile ...
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A nearby Earth-size planet just got much more mysterious

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...
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NASA's Telescope Spots Possible Sign of Life on Distant Earth-Like Exoplanet

More studies are needed to determine whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere at all, or the hints of methane are linked to the ...
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Mercury is hard to spot, but you can catch it in the morning sky this month

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.
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The Sky Today on Tuesday, May 13: Catch you last glimpses of Mercury

Mercury is currently visible in the pre-sunrise eastern sky at magnitude –0.6 but is rapidly nearing superior conjunction, which will soon render it unobservable. Telescopically, Mercury's disk ...