Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly captured images of carbon dioxide in planets beyond our Solar System. The findings, which focus on a famously key target for ...

By spotting these strong carbon dioxide features, we have shown there is a sizable fraction of heavier elements, like carbon, ...

When we think of the Sun, we typically picture a glowing orb in space burning away at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit and casting light on the rest of the solar system that orbits it. But it is ...

Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...

The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's ...