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

Astronomers have spotted the shiniest known planet in the Milky Way, and it has metal clouds that appear to be raining down titanium droplets. Exoplanet LTT9779 b, which orbits a star about 262 ...

“We knew from Hubble observations that there must be aerosols—tiny particles making up clouds or haze—in ... one of the largest and puffiest known exoplanets. This, along with its short ...

The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically thought of as 'metal' are vaporized into ... the catalog of extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets," has grown to over 5,000 entries.

We have discovered a huge diversity in the atmospheres of exoplanets from clear strong atomic and molecular signatures including water vapour, to scattering and muted or obscured features indicative ...

Up to one-third of the exoplanets discovered so far are hot ... studying the chemistry of protoplanetary disks, the flattened clouds of gas and dust around infant stars from which planets emerge ...

Astronomers have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of HD 149026 b, an exoplanet also known as ... Smertrios is one of the most metal-rich and dense gas giants known. Its metallicity, or ...