The newly discovered planet orbits a Sun-like star and might support liquid water, but don’t pack your bags just yet.

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant exoplanets form and what their atmospheres can look like, ...

A giant conundrum has been found orbiting a teeny tiny red dwarf star just a fifth of the size of the Sun. Such small stars ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets ...

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the dazzling auroras of Jupiter, shining hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth. The breathtaking displays, captured on Christmas Day ...

The new calculations, described in a paper published Tuesday (May 20) in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggest that just 3.8 ...

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the dazzling auroras of Jupiter, shining hundreds of times brighter than those on Earth. The breathtaking displays, captured on Christmas Day 2023 ...

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Kepler-725c is roughly 2,472 light years from Earth, circling a G9V star in about 207.5 days. Its path brings it into a ...

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...