The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard's Star. As detailed in a new paper published ...

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...