Scientists using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...

LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune, is defying expectations. With temperatures soaring to nearly 2,000°C and a tidally locked ...

Sub-Neptunes, like GJ 1214b ... For example, aerosols or hazes in a planet’s atmosphere can mimic or mask spectral features, making it difficult to discern which molecules are truly present.

A rare “ultra-hot Neptune” has revealed startling details, from near-2,000°C surface temperatures to unexpected reflective ...

A team of international researchers including Dr. Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has ...

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Aug. 24, 2023 — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the ...

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Illustration of LTT 9779 b, the only known ultra-hot Neptune. This planet orbits so close to its star that its atmosphere is ...

A team of international researchers including Dr Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the exotic atmosphere ...

to explore the exotic atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare "ultra-hot Neptune." The results are published on 25 February in Nature Astronomy. The study offers new insights into the extreme weather ...