Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will come into a rare but powerful planetary alignment, often referred to as a parade of planets. How the planetary parade could affect ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...

one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system. But which one to choose? We've got you covered with our guide to the best telescopes for seeing planets. Now's a great ...

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with ...

and 1.9, respectively. Overall, the study showed that our solar system fits reasonably well into the team’s peas-in-a-pod category. Some peas-in-a-pod systems also have outer planets like our ...

Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, have very elliptical orbits. UCLA astrophysicists have now measured the shape of the orbits of ...