WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a rocky planet with what appears to be an atmosphere outside our solar system for the first time. The researchers believe they have ...
NASA suspects our galaxy may teem with trillions of planets. Yet even with the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, it's ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was built to 'see back in time', up to a whopping 13.5 billion years ago – but its latest ...
Researchers using global robotic telescopes discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf ...
A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.