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

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

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

The James Webb Telescope has revealed fierce auroras, storms, and unchanging sand-like clouds on the rogue planet SIMP-0136.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

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

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed auroras warming the rogue planet’s upper atmosphere.

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

JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water.

The James Webb Space Telescope will look for biosignatures and more when it observers the Trappist-1 system's rocky planets. Credit: NASA ...