A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...
Hazy atmospheres might implicate our ability to identify water on other worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the ...
Peering deep into the fluffy atmosphere of WASP-107b, a team of European astronomers discovered not only water vapor and sulfur dioxide, but even silicate sand clouds. (Klaas Verpoest, Johan Van ...
Do certain exoplanets mirror Earth regarding their distribution of iron and water? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of ...
Before 1992, it wasn’t entirely clear just how common planets are in the universe. We knew they existed here in our solar system, by virtue of living on one and seeing others in the night sky. Whether ...
In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...
Scientists have simulated conditions that allow hazy skies to form in water-rich exoplanets, a crucial step in determining how haziness muddles observations by ground and space telescopes. The ...
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the atmosphere of a relatively small planet outside the solar system is rich with water vapor. Don't plan a vacation to this ...