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

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a ...

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could potentially form.

WISPIT 2b is a massive gas giant about five times the mass of Jupiter and approximately 5 million years old, almost 1,000 times younger than Earth.

Today, I must share with you the latest groundbreaking discovery by the Webb Telescope! It has recently observed 111 ...

WISPIT 2b was detected as part of a five-year observational research project during which the international team sought to establish whether wide orbit gas giant planets were more common around ...

Dr Ryan MacDonald, lecturer in extrasolar planets in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews, ...

Astronomers found an atmosphere where they least expected it—clinging to an exoplanet that’s too small, too hot and too old ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

Dwarf planet 2023 KQ14, Ammonite, has a stable orbit that challenges the hypothesis of the mysterious Planet Nine.

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Galway, has hailed the "remarkable ...

Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring ...