Watch how JW Telescope detects temperature on Trappist 1 b. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: ESO/L. Calçada / Space Engine/NASA/GSFC | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Stay in Orbit b ...

A major milestone has been achieved by NASA and SpaceX. The organizations involved in space exploration and aeronautics research have successfully elevated the orbit of the International Space Station ...

This quiz is your chance to explore the wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope, from its mind-blowing discoveries to the ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer.

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

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

A star like the Sun lives modestly for billions of years, converting the nuclear fuel in its core into energy that ultimately escapes as light and heat. But the most spectacular phase of a Sun-like ...

JWST observations of Saturn's atmosphere revealed unprecedented details of its aurora and upper atmosphere, including previously unseen, complex structures. In the ionosphere (1100 km altitude), dark, ...