It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar to the formation of Jupiter and Saturn.

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

An analysis of the observations, which also included a system 96 light-years away called 51 Eridani ... so we can contextualize our existence," Balmer said. "We want to take pictures of other solar ...

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

In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called WASP-39b. But that detection was made indirectly, so the latest ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was recently used to capture direct images of four Saturn-like exoplanets in a solar system 130 light-years away.

Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph, astronomers have captured new images of Neptune that finally reveal the planet’s ...

Any eclipse is a fascinating event to observe and provides a glimpse of the celestial mechanics of the solar system ... have a few minutes to take your pictures on the day. This guide will ...

The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...

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 ...