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New research suggests that large planets can accumulate enough black matter in their cores to spawn a destructive black hole.

Scientists Say Black Holes Could Form Inside Planets, Leading to Absolute Catastrophe

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence of massive planets capable of forming their own planetary systems — without a star.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Finds Evidence of Free-Floating Planets So Large They Can Gather Their Own Planetary Systems

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a mysterious exoplanet in Alpha Centauri.

Scientists Appear to Have Spotted an Unknown Planet in Nearest Star System to Earth

By Frank Landymore

Scientists suggest a star and its planet are orbiting a second star in two opposite directions in an exotic binary star system.

Scientists Intrigued by Strange Behavior of Distant Planet

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have developed an AI model that identifies star system that could be harborbing an Earth-like exoplanet.

An AI Identifies Where All Those Planets That Could Host Life Are Hiding

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope believe they've made the first detection of a star swallowing a planet — with a grim twist.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Disturbing Sight: Entire Planet Sinking Into Star

By Frank Landymore

There's significant questions about whether biosignature that the astronomers detected on the exoplanet is actually a sign of life.

There’s a Striking Flaw in That Claim About Alien Life on a Nearby Planet

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers say they've spotted a possible sign of life in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Signs of Life on Nearby Planet

By Victor Tangermann

While it was getting ready to power down its Gaia spacecraft, the European Space Agency encountered some unusual resistance.

Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to Die

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant formation.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Individual Planets in Distant Star System

By Frank Landymore

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet just twenty light years away that's residing in its star's habitable zone.

Scientists Intrigued by Nearby Planet That Could Potentially Support Life

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope was used to spot a new kind of alien planet: a watery "steam world" with an atmosphere of hot water vapor.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots First-Ever Alien “Steam World”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The sub-Earth mass planet was spotted in orbit around Barnard's star, a red dwarf that is only six light years away.

Astronomers Spot Mysterious Planet Orbiting the Closest Single Star

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of a giant nearby planet whose surface is quite literally freezing.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Snaps Image of Planet in Neighboring Star System

By Noor Al-Sibai

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers determined that an exoplanet could potentially harbor an Earth-like atmosphere.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Habitable, Icy Exoplanet Relatively Close to Earth

By Victor Tangermann