Jared Splinter

LTT-9779 b is a planet from the 'hot Neptune desert', a region where worlds usually perish. But it survived thanks to a carbon cocoon: an atmosphere of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide turned out to be so thick that it doesn't evaporate even at 2000°C. On top of that, this exoplanet reflects 80% o

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope observed the exoplanet WASP-121b—a blazing gas giant circling perilously close to its star. It turns out the planet is losing its atmosphere: helium streams into space in two comet-like tails. One tail outruns the planet and plunges into the star, whi