In just a few hours of observations, the space telescope revealed a dynamic atmosphere on a planet 40 light-years from Earth. Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have ...

The Planet Earth series of documentaries dazzled viewers everywhere when they debuted in 2006, and the announcement of Planet Earth 2 in ultra high definition was definite reason for celebration. The ...

The Webb Space Telescope just turned its infrared gaze at an exoplanet and found dense clouds swirling in the atmosphere of this quirky world. The planet—VHS 1256b—has a 22-hour day but sits ...

Researchers working with data from the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted silicate cloud features in a distant planet's atmosphere. NASA said that the atmosphere of the "Tatooine-like world," ...

An illustration of exoplanet VHS 1256 b, which is surrounded by clouds of hot silicate particles. NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) For the first time, astronomers have found evidence of violent ...

Clouds on the "super Jupiter" planet are made up of scorching hot, tiny sand-like particles. One of Webb's greatest powers is its ability to see the contents of an alien atmosphere, based on light ...

This illustration shows the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The planet is about 40 light-years away and orbits two stars. The ...