New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered exoplanet GJ 1214 b, situated 48 light-years away in the constellation ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope reveal GJ 1214 b, a unique exoplanet with a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, ...

Running the models showed that a once temperate ... "It shows how easy it is for an Earth-like planet to become like Venus." The "million-dollar question," however, is what initially pushed ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never ...

Running the models showed that a once temperate, Earth-like Venus experienced a series of "stairstep" events, wherein deep ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers groundbreaking insight into a new type of planet described as unlike ...

Dubbed a "super-Venus," GJ 1214 b shares features with Venus ... Scientists believe studying GJ 1214 b will help refine ...

The early instability model in which the early inner solar system was basically such a chaotic, orbital mess that the building blocks for rocky planets beyond the orbit of earth and Venus were too ...