Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

According to the latest studies led by Heidelberg University astronomers, low-mass stars quite often host Earth-like planets. Data collected as part of the CARMENES project were the basis of this ...

The James Webb Telescope has photographed what appears to be an undiscovered planet, previously obscured by dust and ...

Gaia-4b is the most massive planet known to orbit a low-mass star. Also, see an animation for Gaia-5b, a brown dwarf orbiting a low-mass star. They were detected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia ...

Webb Telescope captures TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass planet 50 AU from its star, proving its ability to directly image smaller ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

For the first time in its four-year operational history, the James Webb Space Telescope has identified an exoplanet not ...

The exoplanet, a planet beyond our solar system, has been dubbed TWA 7b after NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured ...

"The extraordinary results are an essential step toward understanding the initial conditions that lead to the formation of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provided the first direct image of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn's, ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI ...

The findings underscore Webb's capability to explore low-mass planets around nearby stars, offering new insights into planet ...