Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...
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 ...
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 ...
GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, is a planet discovered 47 light-years away that has been reclassified from a mini-Neptune to a "super-Venus" due to its atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide and aerosols.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was recently used to capture direct images of four Saturn-like exoplanets in a solar system 130 light-years away.
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 that has long been a ...
"We have observed giant gas planets, such as Jupiter or Saturn, but in another solar system," explains the leader of this research on the HR 8799 system, located 130 light-years away. The study ...