Its color is actually caused by the effects of a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius) atmosphere where rock-forming ...

Science fiction fans have long dreamed of planets with two suns. And Kepler-16 b, located roughly 250 light-years away, is the real deal.Discovered in 2011, this exoplanet defies the traditional ...

According to data captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, planet HD 189733 b has an atmosphere that stinks of rotten eggs. Scientists know this because of the presence of hydrogen sulfide in ...

HD 189733 b is a giant gas exoplanet in the faint Vulpecula constellation in the northern sky, which lies approximately 64.5 light-years (19.8 parsecs) away from our Solar System.

On Earth, a year lasts 365 days as our planet whirls around the Sun – but it takes just 2.2 days for HD 189733 b to circle its own star. Most read in Science 'HOT BLOB' ...

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

New research suggests that the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733 b, a Jupiter-sized gas ... HD 189733 b is the nearest “hot Jupiter” astronomers can observe passing in front of its star.

The surface temperature of HD 189733 b is 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 500 degrees hotter than the luminous spark at the tip of a sparkler firework. Needless to say, ...

HD 189733 b, a hot Jupiter 64 light-years away, has an atmosphere with hydrogen sulfide, giving it a rotten egg smell. The planet, orbiting its star in 2.2 days, has extreme conditions: 1,700°F ...