A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter's atmosphere has a strange composition, but it could be explained if the planet formed ...

A newly discovered exoplanet, TOI-561 b, is shaking up conventional theories about planetary atmospheres. According to a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, this ultra-hot ...

Astronomers have long wondered what the atmospheres of planets beyond the solar system might be like. Researchers this week reported that they have now gotten their first whiff. The new observations, ...

The atmosphere is a mixture of gases. The atmosphere is mostly nitrogen (approximately 80%) and oxygen (approximately 20%). The remaining gases are found in much smaller proportions, such as carbon ...

"We measured the thermal emissions from this rocky planet, and the measurement indicates that the planet has a substantial atmosphere. It is very exciting." When you purchase through links on our site ...

Determining the composition of the atmosphere of Titan and the nature of the aerosols making up the surface-hiding haze layers are two of the primary objectives of the Cassini-Huygens mission. Whereas ...

Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, permeates the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus – as has been long debated, but never definitively proven. Based on ...