Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a ...

That exoplanet is 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation. It's described as much larger than Earth but smaller than ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first-ever direct observation of a star swallowing a planet.

MIT astronomers estimate a planet 140 light-years from Earth may disintegrate fully within the next 1 to 2 million years.

A discovery by NASA's space telescope led astronomers to claim the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life has been uncovered ...

ESA/Hubble In a first for astronomers surveying the depths of space, carbon dioxide has been detected on an exoplanet – that is, a planet lying outside our solar system. Thanks to the coronagraph ...

A new study suggests we could be a step closer to figuring out if alien life is out there, trillions of miles away from Earth ...

Astronomers may have found the strongest hint of life beyond Earth thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope finds molecules that could only be produced by life in the atmosphere of an alien ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.