This proximity allowed researchers to probe the atmosphere like never before, being able to map it in three dimensions. The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always ...

Astronomers have uncovered the secrets of an alien atmosphere on an exoplanet far beyond our Solar System, and it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. In a scientific first, an ...

According to a new paper published in the journal Nature, astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of the layered atmosphere of one such ultra-hot Jupiter-size exoplanet, revealing powerful winds ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite collected data of CO2 levels across the globe between September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015, which is shown here in ...