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 ...
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 ...
A detailed study of an exoplanet reveals that it may have a primitive atmosphere composed mainly of helium and hydrogen. A new study shows the most detailed analysis of an exoplanet that's very close ...