One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets ...

The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

This landmark discovery of the planet – named TWA 7b – which was recently published in the journal Nature, came after an ...

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 ...

The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged an exoplanet. I know what you’re thinking: “JWST has already found planets, what are you talking about?” That’s true, but it ...

During this clumping together, gaps open up in the protoplanetary disk, which we see as rings around the star. The Atacama ...

Want to spot up to six planets at once in the night sky? Look up before dawn for the second and last "planet parade" of the ...

A young gas giant, WISPIT 2b, was detected within a multi-ringed disk around a Sun-like star. Its active formation provides a ...