When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a hot Jupiter orbiting a red dwarf star. | Credit: T. Müller (MPIA/HdA) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have studied a new “super-Jupiter” planet, one of the coldest worlds ever observed outside … Read more
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a gas giant transforming into a hot Jupiter. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva There’s more to a distant gas giant than meets the eye. Astronomers have discovered that the exoplanet, or “exoplanet,” not only has … Read more
The search for habitability elsewhere in the universe may well be reduced to the search for water. We have not yet found life forms that would decouple this substance from our concept of “life” itself, so we have no choice but to accept the cosmic water trail as our pole star in the search for … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that one of the closest “hot Jupiter” planets to Earth stinks of rotten eggs. The planet is already notorious for its deadly rains of glass, extreme temperatures and 5,000 mph (8,046 km/h) sideways winds, but this discovery makes it an even less friendly world. The … Read more
A ‘hot Neptune’ exoplanet It has been discovered that there is sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere – an atmosphere that also spews into space as the planet orbits its star in a steeply inclined orbit every three and a third days. The existence of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of the exoplanet, named GJ 3470b … Read more
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that a cotton candy-like planet the size of Jupiter, located about 350 light-years away, is shrinking and on its way to becoming a ‘sub-Neptune’ or ‘super-Earth’ ‘ format. world. The extrasolar planet or ‘exoplanet’ called V1298 Tau b is not only one of the lightest planets ever … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Astronomers have discovered for the first time a rainbow-like phenomenon they believe is occurring on a planet outside our solar system, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds. Observations from the European Space … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Astronomers have discovered for the first time a rainbow-like phenomenon they believe is occurring on a planet outside our solar system, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds. Observations from the European Space … Read more
There are many words that can be used to describe WASP-76b: hellish, torrid, turbulent, chaotic and even violent. This is an extrasolar planet that is so close to its star that it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, “glorious” wasn’t one of those words until now. This more positive description … Read more