The CHEOPS mission has seen tantalizing hints of the rainbow-like glory effect over WASP-76b, an extreme world where iron rains heavily on one side of the planet.

The hint of the glory effect over this blistering exoplanet is a remarkable achievement for CHEOPS, which launched in December 2019. It exemplifies the mission's capability to detect subtle, never ...

Professor Richard Allan, lead author of the study at the University of Reading, said, "Think of Earth as a mirror reflecting sunlight back to space. Over time, that mirror is getting dirtier ...