To uncover the 3D structure of the exoplanet's atmosphere, the team used the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO's VLT to combine the light of its four large telescope units into a single signal.

With a year that lasts only 30 Earth hours, ... scientists have traced the winds in separate layers of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, ... Unveiling the 3D Climate of an Alien World.

The team has now probed deep inside Tylos’s atmosphere and revealed distinct winds in separate layers, forming a map of the atmosphere’s 3D structure. It’s the first time astronomers have been able to ...

The study, conducted using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, offers an unprecedented 3D view of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing a complex and violent climate that challenges our ...

On Earth, neither iron nor titanium exist in the atmosphere because they are solid metal owing to our planet's lower temperatures, relative to WASP-121b. Earth does have a sodium layer in the ...

Computer representation of the layers of WASP-121b's atmosphere. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside our ...

"This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works—not just on Earth, but on all planets. It feels like something out of science fiction." Nature ...

Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere. Floating 50 to 400 miles (80 to 643 ...

First, as I mentioned, is the troposphere. This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where all weather occurs. It begins at the ground, and extends upward to about 6.2 miles above earth’s surface.