The CRIRES+ instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has been used to measure the supersonic jet winds on gas giant exoplanet WASP-127b. Credit: ESO ...

Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) are the largest social wasp in the world and have been given the dramatic name of ...

Deadly bees and wasp-like relatives, armed with potent stings and aggressive behaviors, pose significant threats worldwide. From the Africanized honey ...

It spells out the differences between the Asian giant hornet — that’s the “murder” one — and two species of native cicada killer wasps. Based on the pamphlet’s startling diagram ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...

That said, these wasps do not seek out trouble and deliver most stings when defending ... Observations from Spain suggest that the European honey buzzard is attacking giant Asian hornet nests and ...

WASP-121b is an ultra-hot giant planet that orbits its host star at a distance of only about twice the star's diameter, completing one orbit in approximately 30.5 hours. The planet exhibits two ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) led by Thomas Evans-Soma and Cyril Gapp has found clues to the formation of the exoplanet Wasp-121b. The gas giant, which is about 850 ...

Researchers have used new clues from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to provide a fascinating insight into how the exoplanet WASP-121b ...