Clouds over the sunlit arch
Today we take a scorching look at clouds on the hottest planets, and see if they can help resolve a longstanding puzzle of hot Jupiter atmospheres.
What do you have to do to get a water covered planet around here?
Applying climate models to Kepler-62f throws light on what configurations might support habitability.
The Lowest Mass Planet with a Detected Atmosphere
The lowest mass exoplanet ever to have its atmosphere measured. How do you do it, and what did it show?
So Much Hot (Jupiter) Diversity, So Little Time
Observations of ten different exoplanet atmospheres could be the very beginning of a modern-day exoplanet HR diagram.
After Super-Earth (Formation)
Will Smith and his son Kitai are back in this highly anticipated, totally unexpected sequel and this time, they’ve crash landed on a Super-Earth. Surviving won’t be easy, but it might be even harder for the planet’s atmosphere.
SOFIA or American Sniper?
For the very first time astronomers have used the SOFIA spacecraft to do precise measurements of a transiting exoplanet!