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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a ...

The data was gathered from the deepest-ever survey of NGC1333, a star-forming cluster located about 1,000 light-years from Earth. The newly discovered planets are among the lightest ever detected and ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...

Rogue planet find makes astronomers ponder theory. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Eighteen rogue planets that seem to have broken all the rules about being born from a central, controlli ...

SPACE is a deadly place – and we’re all living at its mercy on a little blue rock. Thankfully we know that asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t be crashing into us after all, but that’s not ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists study a strange mass about 20 light-years from Earth. Traveling ...

Dec. 22, 2021 — Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star, instead roaming freely on their own. Not ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by mysterious, planet-sized objects drifting freely through space, unattached to any star.