In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called ...

Credit: NASA Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever ...

They also confirm Webb can do more than infer atmospheric composition from starlight measurements—it can directly analyze the ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

A precise mass can be determined for the companion when direct imaging is combined with radial velocity measurements. In some ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...

What can carbon dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study ...

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...