An international team of astronomers has shown for the first time that it is possible to map exoplanets using a technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic eclipse mapping. By measuring the ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

Meet Tylos: a gas giant 900 light years away and with a climate never seen before on any planet known to scientists. Reading time 3 minutes Astronomers have uncovered the secrets of an alien ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system. Attached to a particularly mysterious alien world, the newly charted atmosphere ...

A NASA planet-hunting mission has unveiled its most detailed map of the sky yet, revealing thousands of potential alien ...

New mosaic created from eight years of TESS observations gives scientists a sharper view of planets beyond the Solar System and strengthens the search for life in deep space.

A new ‘map’ of distant planets has been unveiled by scientists from The University of Warwick, which finds a ridge of planets in deep space, separating a desert of planets from a more populated ...