Astronomers have gotten the most detailed look yet at
the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system.
With Hubble and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers can develop cloud maps to better understand
the atmosphere of planets outside the solar system.
Not exact matches
For the first time, water vapour has been detected in the
atmosphere of a Neptune - sized
planet outside the
solar system.
Fascinating new light could be shed on the complex
atmospheres of planets which orbit stars
outside our own
solar system, thanks to pioneering new research.
This marks the first detection
of an
atmosphere around an Earth - like
planet other than Earth itself, and thus is a significant step on the path towards the detection
of life
outside our
Solar System.
The first indications
of life
outside our
solar system won't be like a sci - fi film — they'll be chemical traces
of the elements
of life in the
atmosphere of a far - away
planet.
At 21 light - years away, the
planet is the closest
outside of our
solar system that can be seen crossing, or transiting, its star — a bonus for astronomers because transiting
planets make ideal specimens for detailed studies
of their
atmospheres.
Scientists have conducted the first lab experiments on haze formation in simulated exoplanet
atmospheres, an important step for understanding upcoming observations
of planets outside the
solar system with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Find out how Hubble is helping astronomers study the
atmospheres of extrasolar
planets in our new 25th anniversary science article: Are there habitable
planets outside our
solar system?
Researchers working with data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found the strongest evidence to date for the existence
of a stratosphere — the layer
of an
atmosphere in which temperature increases with altitude — on an exoplanet (a
planet outside of the
Solar System).
Astronomers have made the first direct detection and chemical analysis
of an
atmosphere of a
planet that exists
outside our
solar system.
CoRoT - 7 b, the first potential rocky
planet detected
outside the
Solar system, may be the remnant core
of a Saturn - mass gas giant that had its
atmosphere and lower gas metal layers burned off (more)