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

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.

During the day, pop-up shops and guest speakers filled an East Austin boutique venue, but when the sun set, pink strobe ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...

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

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The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.

The team of astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, the USA, and France utilized the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) to meticulously observe the sky around Saturn between 2019 and 2021. By combining ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...