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Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

Of the nearly 6,000 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way, Tylos has one of the most-studied atmospheres out there. It's what we call a hot Jupiter – a world comparable in size to our own gas giants, ...

By combining the four giant telescopes of the Very Large Telescope, an international team has observed the exoplanet WASP-121b with unprecedented precision, revealing one of the most extreme climates ...

One of the most devastating (and hardest to mitigate) effects of climate change for the Northern Hemisphere is the slowing of ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The ...

The polar vortex is a gigantic circular upper-air weather pattern ... a powerful jet stream to emerge in the stratosphere and blow the cold air from west to east. This strong circulation ...

WASHINGTON — In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds ... as several factors influence wind patterns in exoplanet atmospheres," Cont said.