It also pushed them to tighten their standards, especially when the conversation shifts from “interesting chemistry” to ...

Thirty years ago, scientists were thrilled just to detect exoplanets. Then they learned to measure their temperatures, wind speeds, and chemical makeup. Now, for the first time ever, astrophysicists ...

Researchers employing the James Webb Space Telescope and Canada's NIRISS instrument have observed exoplanet WASP-121b getting destroyed in real time. An artistic representation of exoplanet WASP-121 b ...

WASP-121b is a gas giant extrasolar planet that rotates eerily close to its host star and has two helium tails. This happens because of a process that has been observed for the longest time, only now.

James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries reports on new findings about the exoplanet WASP-121b. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recorded continuous data of the planet for about 37 hours using its ...

Thanks to the space telescope, a team of astronomers detected with unprecedented precision two helium tails escaping from the exoplanet WASP-121b. This artistic representation of exoplanet WASP-121 b ...

A striking example is the exoplanet WASP-121b, also known as Tylos. Due to its nearly intimate proximity to its host star, this planet is subjected to temperatures that easily exceed 632°F. Under such ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

Three papers about "hot jupiter" WASP-76 b, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço researchers, will be the foundation for understanding the global climate of a giant exoplanet. The use ...

WASP-121b is unlike anything in our Solar System. This giant planet orbits its star so closely that it completes a full orbit in just 30.5 hours. Its dayside reaches a scorching 3000°C, while the ...