SCIENTISTS have discovered that a fiery hell ... to understand what conditions make it possible for a rocky planet to sustain a gas-rich atmosphere: a key ingredient for a habitable planet ...
Gas bubbling up from a lava-covered surface on the exoplanet 55 Cancri e may feed an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide or ...
Instead, scientists say the discovery is a promising sign that other such rocky planets with thick atmospheres could exist that ...
NASA has taken to its website to highlight a "rocky ... planet and measured the light coming off it. By measuring the light researchers are able to determine what elements are present in the ...
Gliese 12 b is a rocky planet just 40 light-years away from our own. It orbits around a star called Gliese 12, a cool red ...
Scientists have discovered a new Earth-sized planet only 40 light years away which could potentially support human life. The ...
astronomers have discovered an atmosphere surrounding a rocky exoplanet—but it isn’t the atmosphere that the planet started with.
Astronomers have discovered a new ... Unlike Earth, this planet likely lacks an atmosphere due to intense radiation from its ...
An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a nearby alien world known as TOI-1685 b.
The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among the few rocky planets outside our solar system with a significant atmosphere, wrapped a blanket of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.