The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its clearest signal yet that a rocky planet outside our solar system is wrapped in gas, not bare rock. Instead of a gentle blue marble, the world in ...
A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA researchers. The exoplanet, known as super-Earth TOI-561b, was discovered in 2020, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted something that should not survive in one of the harshest environments imaginable: a thick atmosphere clinging to a molten, ultra-hot super-Earth. Instead of ...