How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

A hazy, ultra-light “super-puff” planet, Kepler-51d, is hiding its secrets and challenging how scientists understand planet formation.

A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size and orbit are forcing scientists to rethink how planets form.