The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Science: To space enthusiasts surprise, astronomers have discovered a new planet in our solar system called ‘Enaiposha’.

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.

Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.

The James Webb Space Telescope captures the first direct images of carbon dioxide in a distant planetary system, HR 8799, ...