Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

Two teams of astronomers, including the observed planet's discoverers, now intend to join up and train the powerful infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on BD+05 4868 Ab to learn ...

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New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

You'll be able to easily see four planets in the February evening sky, and with any luck you'll be able to raise that number to five during the final week of the month. You'll be able to easily ...

meaning one side of the planet always faces its star, while the other side always faces out into space. One side of the planet therefore gets hotter than the other, and the temperature difference ...

While it was making those observations, there were a myriad of background stars that also had ... candidates hiding in the data. As with many space telescope missions, Kepler's dataset is open ...

Royal Astronomy Society This week sees a special event for stargazers, as there will be a planet parade in the skies. Four planets plus the moon will be visible in a line, making this a great ...