James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

Evidence for the possible super-Earth has been lurking for years in NASA data. Pavel Rabtsevich found it—with a little help ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have unravelled some of the secrets of a bizarre, blisteringly ...

This summer, exoplanet science — the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun — took a big step forwards. Reports of helium gas escaping from the atmosphere of LHS 1140b propelled this exoplanet ...

Planets around massive B-type stars at intermediate orbital distances remain largely unexplored. Here, the authors show that four evolved planet-hosting stars, HD 2952, HD 120084, HIP 65891, and HIP ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the uneven shape of WASP-17b’s atmosphere, showing how extreme heat and ...

The discovery could help astronomers determine whether an outer world is suitable for life.

Astronomers say they have detected radio emissions originating directly from a planet outside the solar system for the first time, potentially opening a new way to investigate the magnetic fields and ...

From our corner of the big and complicated universe, it can be difficult to see worlds beyond the solar system in detail. Lots of fuzz can get in the way of observing faraway exoplanets: Earth’s ...

Leveraging observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a new mapping method called “transmission strings,” a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The JWST captured a massive helium cloud streaming from the super-puff exoplanet WASP-107b, drifting ahead of the planet as it ...