New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

"Understanding these weather processes will be crucial as we continue to discover and characterize exoworlds in the future." ...

St. Andrews University physicists who looked at the planet said that the research conjures "two possible explanations." ...

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted early signs of an atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light ...

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

Learn about SIMP-0136, a rogue planet emitting wavelengths that reveal patchy clouds and auroras similar to the Northern ...

What can auroras on a rogue planet teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address, as an international ...

"We were amazed by the fact that these observatories can detect about 100 black holes just 250 million years after the Big Bang. Such detections would greatly help to constrain black hole formation ...