"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...
It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...
If you’re going to set a sci-fi movie on an alien planet, it’s a nice bonus if that planet actually exists. Or, at least, is ...
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.
Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...
In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.