Further analysis revealed a dense haze filled with aerosols and high concentrations of carbon dioxide, making it difficult to peer into the planet’s lower atmosphere. A size comparison between Earth ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have characterized the atmosphere ... hot Neptune desert—a region of parameter space at high insolation fluxes and intermediate planet ...
One of the most common types of exoplanets falls in a size range between Earth and Neptune ... be common on this type of planet, and make it difficult to study the atmosphere below the cloud ...
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever ...