Thomas M. Evans-Soma

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 studied WASP-121 b, a gas giant always facing its star with one side. As the planet transited the star, they detected changes in light absorption: the eastern limb was hotter than the western, which destroys water and leaves carbon monoxide. This opens a method for scanning weather on su