Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) revealed powerful winds carrying ...

Scientists have mapped the 3D structure of exoplanet WASP-121b's atmosphere, revealing powerful winds, extreme weather, and a ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so closely that a year lasts just 30 Earth hours. One side of the planet is ...

YR4, with a 2% chance of impact, will pass very close to Earth in December 2032. India is identified in the potential ...

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

The researchers peered through the atmosphere of WASP-121b, an exoplanet also called Tylos, by combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large ...

Since early January, astronomers have used the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very Large Telescope in Chile to track the asteroid, which is currently more ...

He said the task was difficult because the asteroid was relatively faint - meaning it could only be picked up using a very large telescope. Another challenge was presented by the moon, which was ...