Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

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Nothing about this planet makes sense. And that’s both confounding and exciting for astronomers. In A Nutshell Astronomers ...

Planetary systems begin in chaos. In their primitive form, many rocky and icy objects are careening through space, smashing ...

According to a report originally published by Eos and later featured on Space.com, researchers analysed data from NASA's ...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to ski on another planet? Just think about how effortless it would be to link ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

But that’s nothing compared with PSR J2322-2650b, an object the mass of Jupiter studied recently by the James Webb Space Telescope. This planet’s equatorial diameter is about 38 percent wider than its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

In “Citizen Science in Astronomy (Part 7),” SETI Institute astronomers Dr. Franck Marchis and Dr. Lauren Sgro highlight two rare and compelling discoveries and the crucial role of citizen scientists ...

A possible cousin of Pluto seems to be circling the far reaches of the solar system. The dwarf planet candidate 2017 OF201 travels in a superwide orbit, with the sun relatively near one end of its ...