Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it ... reveal unprecedented details of planets when they are very young.

The first image of planet Earth was taken by astronaut Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 as it made its way to the moon on December 24, 1968. Anders was joined by Jim Lovell and Frank Borman, the first ...

"How common is this for planets we can directly image? We don't know yet, but we're proposing more Webb observations to answer that question." "We want to take pictures of other solar systems ...

Giant planets can take shape in two ways ... so we can contextualize our existence," Balmer said. "We want to take pictures of other solar systems and see how they're similar or different when ...