Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the first asteroid belt seen outside of our solar system and unveiled some cosmic surprises along the way. The space observatory focused on ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

Astronomers have just confirmed one of the strangest kinds of worlds imaginable, a planet drifting through the galaxy with no ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

Astronomy enthusiasts and even the general public can enjoy watching Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, as it ...