WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...

Recent studies have revealed that, until now, Hot Jupiters seem to be the only planet in orbit around their host star. This ...

Explore the extraordinary weather phenomena on WASP-127b, where supersonic winds reach speeds of 33,000 kilometers per hour.

With a speed of 9 km per second (33 000 km/h), this is the fastest jetstream of its kind ever measured in the Universe ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

Astronomers discovered the exoplanet in 2016, a gas giant that’s slightly larger than Jupiter with a fraction of its mass, ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

WASP-127b, a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet, exhibits unprecedented supersonic winds, reaching 20,500 mph. Located 520 light-years away, it orbits closely to a sun-like star. The intense irradiation drives ...