In a monumental breakthrough for space exploration, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled its first-ever exoplanet, TWA 7b. This discovery is more than just another addition to the ...

After three years of helping astronomers investigate known planets beyond the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

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

Out of this World Exploration of our mysterious universe took a giant leap forward after scientists harnessing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found a new planet that resembles the gas giant Saturn ...

Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2009. In 2019, astrophysicist Ashley Chontos used sound waves ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

In the more than three decades since the first discovery of an exoplanet, NASA's exoplanet catalog has burgeoned. As of 2023, the exoplanet catalog contains over 5,500 confirmed exoplanets and ...

The exoplanet known as K2-18 b was first discovered in 2015 more than 120 light-years from Earth during the space agency's K2 mission.

In 1992, astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system. But it didn’t come in any form they’d really anticipated.

Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2009. In 2019, astrophysicist Ashley Chontos used sound waves ...

In 1992, astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system. But it didn’t come in any form they’d really anticipated. Neutron stars are the second densest type of object ...