Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type. They can have orbital ...
A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...
Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of extreme winds.
From star births to deaths and a party in a black hole, here are some of the reports we’ve been getting back from the ...
Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...
Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so closely that a year lasts just 30 Earth hours. One side of the planet is ...
A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.
Four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) revealed powerful winds carrying ...
There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...
It is so ferociously hot that the “exoplanet” features iron in the form of a gas in one layer of its atmosphere, while a jet ...
Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...