When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

Located at a relatively close distance of 41 light years from Earth, the Trappist-1 system has attracted significant ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds for life existing on other planets just skyrocketed. NASA’s stoic ...

Using a cutting-edge adaptive optics system developed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, a growing planet ...

Astronomers have directly spotted a rare young planet, WISPIT 2b, still forming within the gap of a dusty ringed disk around a star like our sun—something long theorized but never observed until now.

Researchers detect a rare, young protoplanet 'WISPIT 2b' in the gaps of planet-forming disks, for the first time Researchers ...

New research from the University St Andrews has identified signs of a potential atmosphere surrounding an Earth-sized ...

A team of astronomers has for the first time detected a growing planet outside our solar system, nestled within a gap in a multi-ringed disk of dust and gas.