Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

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This is what we have on the giant planets.” That question has piqued the interest of planetary scientists for decades, because processes like rain and storms are thought to be the main vertical mixers ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

TOI-270 d, located just 73 light years away, could be key to understanding a new class of planets. A study revealed it may be a giant rocky planet with a thick, hot atmosphere. NASA’s JWST detected ...

A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in ...

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

Uranus Findings Can Aid the Study of Exoplanets Now more than 30 years into its mission, the Hubble Space Telescope has ...

The discovery of the possibility of extraterrestrial life on some giant far-off ... of gas found in the atmosphere of K2-18b is thousands of times that found on planet Earth.

For decades, the simple assumption of a well-mixed atmosphere guided inferences about the interior makeup of gas giant planets like Jupiter. Observations by radio telescopes, much of it conducted ...