By combining the four giant telescopes of the Very Large Telescope, an international team has observed the exoplanet WASP-121b with unprecedented precision, revealing one of the most extreme climates ...
'Out of science fiction': First 3D observations of an exoplanet's atmosphere reveal a unique climate
Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...
Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by liquid iron rains.
"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
In September 2018, a wildfire burned nearly two thousand hectares of shrubland on the Pichu Pichu volcano, an ecologically ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
Could a climate megaproject cloud Chile's unparalleled views of universe? But a huge green energy project, part of Chile's plans to become carbon neutral, risks clouding the view, scientists say.
This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking ...
It seems like merely a fact of life on the West Coast that summers are dry. But compared to most of the rest of the country ...
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