Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb ...

Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from around the world compete ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential ...

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

It was once thought that when an aging star engulfed a planet it would be a dramatic event. Now, the Webb telescope has ...

Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted ...

What can an exoplanet falling into its own star tell astronomers about the formation and evolution of planetary systems? This ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals a planet's death plunge into its star, challenging previous theories and shedding light on how giant planets may spiral inward and perish.

Scientists using the James Webb Telescope have detected a gas on K2-18b that, on Earth, is only produced by living ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has performed 'post-mortem' of a cosmic scene after a planet was swallowed by the star it was ...