Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.
An ancient rocky world so close to its star that its surface is largely molten should have been stripped bare of gas long ago ...
One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...
What kind of planet wears a diamond heart and a soot-filled sky? Astronomers now have an answer but it’s stranger than they ...
(Gray News) – A young planet is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent blast of energy which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere, according to the National Aeronautics and Space ...