For a decade and a half, astronomers have been on the trail of a galactic mystery. In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — ...
Astronomers have detected incredibly powerful winds on WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet over 500 light-years away. These winds, reaching speeds of 33,000 km/h, are the fastest jetstream ever recorded on ...