Exoplanet VHS 1256 b, around 40 light-years away, has an unusual atmosphere where clouds of sand float in temperatures of ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have made a remarkable discovery about a unique planet located about 40 ...
The planet, VHS 1256 b, is a gas giant around 40 light years away from Earth. It has water, carbon dioxide and methane in its swirling silicate dust clouds.
The exoplanet's turbulent skies are due to a couple of factors. It has low gravity compared to more massive brown dwarfs, ...
The planet will ultimately end up either as a rocky core covered by oceans or as a completely barren naked planetary core.
The James Webb Space Telescope has been observing the stars for less than a year, but already it has spied stunning nebulae, ...
The most detailed spectrum ever for a planetary-mass object outside our solar system covers an unprecedented range of ...
The pioneering observatory just peered directly into the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet with two suns (like Tatooine from ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have made a remarkable discovery about a unique planet located about 40 ...
The research team also discovered that evaporation modeling showed that if the exoplanet has an atmosphere rich in helium and hydrogen, then its current state is likely temporary. Gravity from its ...
Researchers recently learned that an exoplanet located in the same spot as the Star Trek planet Vulcan was a false positive.