In a groundbreaking revelation, scientists have unveiled an explosive new map of an exoplanet that annihilates water. This map provides a detailed view of the planet’s volatile surface and atmospheric ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is not just revealing the wonders of the universe to us. Astronomers can also use this powerful eye on the cosmos to figure out what the weather is on distant alien ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

Meet Tylos: a gas giant 900 light years away and with a climate never seen before on any planet known to scientists. Reading time 3 minutes Astronomers have uncovered the secrets of an alien ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Exoplanets Map Pack The Exoplanets map pack includes six custom maps inspired by real-world exoplanets. Specialized ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones – one so scorching that it breaks ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system. Attached to a particularly mysterious alien world, the newly charted atmosphere ...

An ancient rocky world so close to its star that its surface is largely molten should have been stripped bare of gas long ago ...

The exoplanet is believed to be one of the farthest known from Earth. This artist's map of the Milky Way shows the location of one of the farthest known exoplanets, lying 13,000 light-years away. Most ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones—one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor, ...

What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as ...