Call it the deep blue dot. For the first time, scientists have seen the visible color of a distant alien world. The exoplanet — called HD 189733b — is 63 light-years from Earth and a "deep cobalt blue ...
WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter that is a ...
A planet's appearance is determined by its composition and atmospheric conditions. Inner planets are rocky due to the Sun's heat, while outer planets contain more gas. Atmospheric gases and surface ...
People of Earth are in luck they are 64 light-years away from a planet that is scorching hot and smells like rotten eggs, according to researchers. Planet HD 189733b is a gas giant exoplanet ...