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Extraterrestrial atmosphere
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The study of extraterrestrial atmospheres is an active field of research, both as an aspect of astronomy and to gain insight into Earth's atmosphere. In addition to Earth, many of the other astronomic
Major features of the Solar System (not to scale)
Major features of the Solar System (not to scale)
Venus' atmosphere in UV, by Pioneer Venus Orbiter in 1979
Venus' atmosphere in UV, by Pioneer Venus Orbiter in 1979
The tenuous atmosphere of Mars visible on the horizon.
The tenuous atmosphere of Mars visible on the horizon.
Oval BA on the left and the Great Red Spot on the right
Oval BA on the left and the Great Red Spot on the right
Exoplanet
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An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet was in 1992 around a pulsar, and the first detection around a main-sequence star w
Extraterrestrial atmosphere
…planets Mars, Venus and Titan, Triton, and Pluto. Several moons and other bodies also have atmospheres, as do comets and the Sun. There is evidence that extrasolar planets can have an atmosphere. Comparisons of these atmospheres to one another and to Earth's atmosphere broaden our basic understanding of atmospheric processes…
Comparison of the size of exoplanets orbiting Kepler-37 to Mercury, Mars and Earth
Comparison of the size of exoplanets orbiting Kepler-37 to Mercury, Mars and Earth
Exoplanet HIP 65426b is the first discovered planet around star HIP 65426.
Exoplanet HIP 65426b is the first discovered planet around star HIP 65426.
Coronagraphic image of AB Pictoris showing a companion (bottom left), which is either a brown dwarf or a massive planet. The data were obtained on 16
Coronagraphic image of AB Pictoris showing a companion (bottom left), which is either a brown dwarf or a massive planet. The data were obtained on 16 March 2003 with NACO on the VLT, using a 1.4 arcsec occulting mask on top of AB Pictoris.
The three known planets of the star HR 8799, as imaged by the Hale Telescope. The light from the central star was blanked out by a vector vortex coron
The three known planets of the star HR 8799, as imaged by the Hale Telescope. The light from the central star was blanked out by a vector vortex coronagraph.