In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

The team ran simulations of 100 different planetary systems, each comprised of anywhere between three to 10 planets that, much like the worlds of our own solar system, were on near-circular ...

2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Mar. 17, 2025 — New modeling ...

If you thought planets only circled stars in neat, flat disks, think again. Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Our solar system, in contrast ... For example, Kepler-11 has six known planets that complete one orbit around their star in about 10, 13, 23, 32, 47, and 118 days (period ratios of 1.3, 1.7 ...

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...