For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our solar system.

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...