A pioneering new study uncovering the 'primitive atmosphere' surrounding a distant world could provide a pivotal breakthrough in the search to how planets form and develop in far-flung galaxies. A ...
A new study led by NASA with contributions from the University of Maryland reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. Located ...
Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...
May 11 (UPI) --Astronomers have discovered a primitive atmosphere surrounding a "Warm Neptune" exoplanet, a Neptune-like world orbiting closer to its host star. The discovery, detailed in the journal ...
New experimental work demonstrates that large quantities of water are created as a natural consequence of planet formation.
A study combining observations from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium.