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 ...
The nearby planet is similar to Earth in its size and rocky composition, though that’s where the similarities end. Because this new world is likely missing an atmosphere. In a paper appearing ...
An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a nearby alien world known as TOI-1685 b.