James Webb Space Telescope imagery of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula and exoplanet WASP-96 b atmospheric data has ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making up for lost time. After several years of ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type. They can have orbital ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

A Neptune-sized exoplanet has been detected moving at a record-breaking 1.2M mph, led by a hypervelocity star.