The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said on June 25, capturing rare direct images ...

Last week the James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of what they believe to be a previously unknown exoplanet ...

When astronomers first discovered exoplanets, they found massive ones orbiting large stars. The technology to detect smaller planets around low-mass, dim red dwarfs took time to develop. By the ...

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

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space ...

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

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...