A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Auroras are natural light displays that occur when energetic particles from the Sun are trapped by a planet’s magnetic field.