Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected the first planet seen orbiting a dead star, offering new insights into how planets evolve during the final stages of a star's life ...

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the ...

"Abnormal, chaotic and strange" are just a few adjectives astronomers are using to describe a perplexing planetary system 60 light-years from Earth. And for one of the two exoplanets orbiting the ...

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected the first planet seen orbiting a dead star, offering new insights into how planets evolve during the final stages of a star's life ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists. The planet, called WD 1856+534 b, is a gas giant exoplanet the size of ...