NASA says these findings represent the largest number of molecules ever identified all at once on a planet outside our solar ...

The planet, VHS 1256 b, is a gas giant around 40 light years away from Earth. It has water, carbon dioxide and methane in its swirling silicate dust clouds.

For observations of exoplanets that orbit closer to their stars, scientists must study the light that a host star shines ...

Cornell astronomers Jake Turner grad, Yu-Cian Hong grad and Research Associate Laura Flagg published a paper on Jan. 9 ...

The most detailed spectrum ever for a planetary-mass object outside our solar system covers an unprecedented range of ...

The pioneering observatory just peered directly into the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet with two suns (like Tatooine from ...

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers discovered silicate clouds in the atmosphere of a remote planet. The planet is known as VHS 1256 b. According to NASA, it lies about 40 light-years ...

On exoplanet VHS 1256 b, the clouds swirl with sizzling, gritty flecks of sand. The weather might give visitors a great ...

The planet will ultimately end up either as a rocky core covered by oceans or as a completely barren naked planetary core.

In just a few hours of observations, the space telescope revealed a dynamic atmosphere on a planet 40 light-years from Earth.

The Webb Space Telescope just turned its infrared gaze at an exoplanet and found dense clouds swirling in the atmosphere of ...

Even though Venus is the closest planet to Earth, there's still a lot we don't know about it, especially when it comes to its ...