Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...

Located 690 light years away from the Sun, the newest discovered planet is third most dense sub-Saturn class located at the ...

The exoplanet orbits its host star in just over five days, making its "year" only a fraction of an Earth month. Its path ...

One thing we've learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we've confirmed nearly 6,000 ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, offering a glimpse into our ...

Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...

While the James Webb Space Telescope has detected CO2 and methane on K2-18b, these gases are regularly produced by non-living processes.

These are just a taste of the discoveries made by the $10 billion Webb telescope since it began science observations in 2022.