This week we look at the "Kessler Syndrome," and how a chain reaction of orbital collisions could jeopardize infrastructure ...

Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and evolution?

Webb is helping scientists understand these gassy exoplanets 'in a way that was not possible prior to the telescope’s launch, ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected water vapour in the atmosphere of TOI-421 b, a scorching sub-Neptune ...

New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form.

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

"I had been waiting my entire career for Webb so that we could meaningfully characterize the atmospheres of these smaller ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

Planet TOI-421b lacks the haze of other exoplanets, which means we're able to get a surprisingly clear understanding of it.

These types of exoplanets are some of the most common in our galaxy - but they've remained mysterious until now.

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have taken a major step toward understanding a puzzling type of planet ...