Scientists spot signs of magnetic fields on distant planets
Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest…
‘Hot Jupiter’ winds blasting at over 15,000 mph reveal 1st evidence of exoplanets with magnetic fields
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Astronomers Detect Clearest Signs Yet of Magnetic Fields on Extrasolar Planets
By tracking fierce winds racing through the atmospheres of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence…
NASA Finds a “Goldilocks” Giant Planet Wrapped in Methane
Artist’s impression of a gas giant planet orbiting its distant host star. New research, led by astronomers at…
Super Jupiters Expose a Long Standing Space Mystery
One way gas giants form is through core accretion, where solid cores gradually grow in a disk by…
Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo-Saturn TOI-199b
Using spectral data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers analyzed the…
HWO Target Stars and Systems: Activity and Rotation Catalog (ARC) of Potential Target Stars for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Upper panels: Equatorial rotational velocity (veq) vs. projected rotational velocity (v sin i) for stars in Tiers 1,…
Constraints On The Crystallinity Of Water Ice In Planet-forming Disks From Infrared Scattered-Light Spectra
Protoplanetary disk images (top row) and scattered-/transmitted-light spectra (bottom-left and bottom-middle) obtained from the radiative-transfer simulations, together with…
Active Galactic Nucleus Tori: Potential Birthplace to Millions of Planets
Transition between different accretion regimes as shown by the shading and top labels. From left to right the…
This Alien Planet Has Rock Clouds That Vaporize Before Sunset
Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellation. Clouds build as air flows over…
New ultra-black coating could improve the search for life on exoplanets
The latest ultra-black coating combines extreme thinness with durability. It has an extremely high light absorption rate, which…