Hot Jupiters were the first exoplanets to be discovered around main sequence stars and
astonished us with their close-in orbits. They are a prime example of how exoplanets have …

Exoplanetary science is on the verge of an unprecedented revolution. The thousands of
exoplanets discovered over the past decade have most recently been supplemented by …

Transmission spectroscopy,–of exoplanets has revealed signatures of water vapour,
aerosols and alkali metals in a few dozen exoplanet atmospheres,. However, these previous …

Measuring the abundances of carbon and oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres is considered a
crucial avenue for unlocking the formation and evolution of exoplanetary systems,. Access to …

The Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-39b has been the subject of extensive efforts to
determine its atmospheric properties using transmission spectroscopy,,–. However, these …

Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a
fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in …

The atmospheres of gaseous giant exoplanets orbiting close to their parent stars (hot
Jupiters) have been probed for nearly two decades,. They allow us to investigate the …

Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge range of masses, sizes
and orbits: from rocky Earth-like planets to large gas giants grazing the surface of their host …

Hot gas giant exoplanets can lose part of their atmosphere due to strong stellar irradiation,
and these losses can affect their physical and chemical evolution. Studies of atmospheric …

Aerosols are common in the atmospheres of exoplanets across a wide swath of
temperatures, masses and ages,–. These aerosols strongly impact observations of …