Dark matter particles could accumulate inside giant Jupiter-like exoplanets. Dense dark matter particles could eventually collapse to form a black hole inside a planet. The black hole could then ultimately consume the entire planet.
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun.
A surprising new study has found that under the right circumstances, cosmic radiation could actually make uninhabitable worlds habitable.
JWST has discovered and directly imaged its first exoplanet. It’s the first one Webb has found that other telescopes hadn’t previously found.
Astronomers have detected the smallest and most solar system-like planet ever directly imaged around another star.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured breathtakingly detailed images of two giant exoplanets orbiting a distant sun-like star.
An international team of astronomers discovered a giant planet orbiting the smallest known star to host such a companion. It’s a finding that defies current theories of planet formation.
Researchers confirmed the presence of crystalline water ice in a dusty debris disk that orbits a Sun-like star 155 light-years away using detailed data known as spectra from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Researchers have used new clues from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to provide a fascinating insight into how the exoplanet WASP-121b formed.
Researchers said on May 20, 2025, that there could be abundant water on the seven worlds.
New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any world whose light has been directly observed.
Earth-like exoplanets might be more common throughout the Milky Way than previously believed, astronomers report in a new study.
An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets after the right conditions arise in general.
Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.
