NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope produced the first 3D atmospheric map of exoplanet WASP-18b, an ultra-hot Jupiter 400 light-years away.

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.

An international team of astronomers has shown for the first time that it is possible to map exoplanets using a technique ...