How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...

Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per second

The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying ...
ExtremeTech

Rectangular Telescope Design Could Offer the Best Way to Find Earth-Like Planets

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already captured some incredible images of our universe, with some game-changing insights to boot. But researchers at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic ...
ZME Science on MSN

How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

A ‘selfie’ taken during Webb’s testing on Earth. Ball Aerospace After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the ...
Discover Magazine on MSN

Is a Sun a Star or a Planet? How We Know — and What Could Change

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...
LAist

If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope might actually find it

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Astronomers find how some planets make their own oceans

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery on November 8, 2025, that challenges previous models of planetary water ...
PBS

What Could We See with a Planet-Sized Telescope?

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...