Exoplanet Atmosphere
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Researchers can determine whether or not a tidally locked rocky planet has an atmosphere by comparing its measured temperature to…
Massive planets that receive less high-energy starlight are more likely to have atmospheres than small planets receiving more radiation. Webb…
All other things being equal, the more high-energy light a planet receives from its star, the less likely it is…
If two planets are the same in every other way, the one with a stronger gravitational pull is more likely…
A secondary eclipse light curve shows the decrease in brightness of a star-planet system as the planet moves behind the…
On September 17, 2025, NASA announced that the number of exoplanets, planets outside our solar system, tracked by NASA has…
Some exoplanets—like a gas giant with rain made of glass and 5,000-mile-per-hour winds—sound like worlds dreamed up by a science…
Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of…
For 540 million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in…
