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While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

In the spirit of the season, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is changing color as it leaves the sun behind — shifting from a ...

The world's most expensive infrared spectrometer - the James Webb Space Telescope - is unearthing extraordinary exoplanet ...

Learn to decode James Webb photos with this JWST image guide, offering clear space image explanation and beginner-friendly insights into stunning infrared telescope images.

James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal atmospheric gases above the molten rocky exoplanet TOI-561 b, providing the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere on a tidally-locked ultra-hot ...

New simulations suggest Uranus and Neptune may contain far more rock than ice, offering fresh explanations for their unusual ...

Researchers employing the James Webb Space Telescope and Canada's NIRISS instrument have observed exoplanet WASP-121b getting ...

I ATLAS interstellar comet brightens in new NASA and ESA images, revealing an active visitor and rare clues about other star ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...