Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own ...

Learn more about WASP-121b, the exoplanet so hot it could vaporize iron.

The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved a historic milestone by capturing the first direct image of an exoplanet.

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view ...

Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

Telescope used trick mimicking solar eclipse to uncover a new planet, a method that could change how scientists find distant ...