An international team of astronomers have been able to probe the atmosphere of an exoplanet like never before ... being able to map it in three dimensions. The planet is tidally locked to its ...

For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging ... of how weather works on other planets. The exoplanet in question is WASP-121b, also known as Tylos.

To celebrate the achievement, two artists pulled all of that data and compiled it into a short animated map and timeline called "4000 Exoplanets," shown below. The animation was created by the ...