A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...

A massive collision between two asteroid-sized bodies around a nearby star offers a rare look at the violent process of ...

Using JWST, scientists discovered PSR J2322-2650b — a carbon-rich, lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar — challenging ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

Space is full of unsolved mysteries, and a team using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have recently turned up a doozy.

In 2008, astronomers detected an unexplained bright object located 25 light-years from Earth in the Piscis Austrinus ...

Fresh JWST data and new models challenge methane hints on TRAPPIST-1e, showing the gas would be rare, unstable, and difficult ...

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More studies are needed to determine whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere at all, or the hints of methane are linked to the ...

Updated models suggest only 60,000 to 250,000 Earth-like habitats may exist in the Galaxy, with far fewer capable of ...