WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a ...

Astronomers have discovered a planet beyond our solar system that’s so cozy with its host star, its supremely puffy atmosphere should have been stripped down to bare rock billions of years ago. Yet ...

Tidal forces and radiation bombardment can cause some planetary atmospheres to leak into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

It took a few attempts, but JWST has finally found strong evidence of an atmosphere around a rocky world outside our solar system. To add to the intrigue, this isn’t the planet’s original atmosphere — ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system. Attached to a particularly mysterious alien world, the newly charted atmosphere ...

Astronomers have been keenly interested in the TRAPPIST-1 system ever since the Spitzer Space Telescope identified an incredible seven Earth-like exoplanets in orbit of the star. They might not be as ...