The Hubble Space Telescope has made multiple observations of exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos. The extreme ...

Learn more about WASP-121b, the exoplanet so hot it could vaporize iron.

A pair of new studies has revealed that the hellish skies of exoplanet WASP-121b contain silicon monoxide gas, which has never been found in any planetary atmosphere to date.

Dr Evans-Soma said their study revealed that the concentrations of carbon, oxygen, and silicon were higher in the atmosphere of Tylos than in its host star. “This suggests that when Tylos formed 11 ...

Tylos is what is known as a hot Jupiter – gas giant worlds in bogglingly close proximities to their host stars. They're something of an open question: they can't form in those close orbits, because ...

Using the ESO's Very Large Telescope, researchers were able to observe winds carrying iron and titanium in the atmosphere of WASP-121b, an ultra-hot gas giant. These observations show a climate ...

WASP-121b, nicknamed Tylos, is a gas giant with a few things in common with Jupiter, but there are more differences than similarities between these two worlds. Researchers used all four telescopes at ...

Using all four telescope units of ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile astronomers were able to create a 3D map of the atmosphere of WASP-121b aka Tylos, revealing it has layers that create ...

It closely orbits its star in just around 30 hours—so close, in fact, that Tylos is also classified as an ultra-hot Jupiter: an extremely large and hot planet with a very tight orbit.

This diagram shows the structure and motion of the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tylos (WASP-121b). The exoplanet is shown from above in this figure, looking at one of its poles. The planet rotates ...

The researchers peered through the atmosphere of WASP-121b, an exoplanet also called Tylos, by combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large ...

Tylos' surface temperatures soar above 2,700°C (4,900°F), with skies thick with vaporized metals like iron and titanium, carried by the planet's ferocious winds.