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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The solar system is a region of space, and all of the objects contained within which are gravitationally bound to the sun. This means all the planets and moons, all of the asteroids and comets ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth.

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system.