Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water. Recent observations with NASA’s advanced JWST telescope have revealed a ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

NASA released full color James Webb Space Telescope images of the Carina Nebula, exoplanet WASP-96 b, Southern Ring Nebula, ...

Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike ...

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New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The ...

Flights have been delayed and cancelled at airports including Heathrow after an alleged cyber attack targeted a service ...

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years away and has also been imaged by Hubble Space Telescope, comparison shown ...

Nasa has discovered over 6,000 exoplanets - planets outside our Solar System and continue to search for Earth-like worlds ...

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