Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar ...
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...
New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is poised to investigate seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star, 40 light ...
From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, ...
Beyond Earth, the glory effect had only been seen on Venus until Cheops and other missions picked up an incredibly faint signal suggesting it occurs in the atmosphere of the hellishly hot WASP-76b.
Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be a rainbow-like phenomenon occurring on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds.