Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...
Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds take shape. These building blocks, called “pebbles,” are tiny solid chunks ...
Artist rendition of the YSES-1 System consisting of the ~16 Myr Sun-like star in the center, YSES-1 b and its dusty circumplanetary disk (right), and YSES-1 c with silicate clouds in its atmosphere ...
Amazon is offering 27% off the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ. Perfect for watching Saturn's opposition on Sept. 20.
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the first asteroid belt seen outside of our solar system and unveiled some cosmic surprises along the way. The space observatory focused on ...
Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a ...
This is an artist's rendering of the YSES-1 system, which has two gas giant planets. See how the James Webb Space Telescope imaged them in infrared below. Credit: Ellis Bogat illustration Webb usually ...
While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.
Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, only occur about once or twice a ...
Kevin France, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses the Habitable Worlds Observatory, ...