Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

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America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that ...

Our planet’s history is one of extreme climate cycles that repeat across time, with insights into the Earth’s previous ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

Around a star 880 light-years from Earth orbits one of the wildest, most extreme exoplanets we've found to date.

Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker daisies absorb sunlight, warming it up. Together, these two types of daisies ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...