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

For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.

What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which comprise one ...

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

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the first direct images of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system. The discovery enhances ...

What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar ...

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...

For years, astronomers have searched the cosmos for planets capable of supporting life. Most efforts focus on the "habitable zone," the region around a star where a planet could have liquid water. But ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope uncovered a new milestone in exoplanet research by capturing images of exoplanets containing carbon dioxide in their ...

NASA's Webb telescope has captured images of multiple planets in a nearby star system, confirming that Webb can infer exoplanet atmospheres' chemistry.