An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power ...

Astronomers have captured the sharpest-ever images of infant planets forming around a distant star, revealing unexpected ...

NASA scientists have devised a new way to use planets that cross, or "transit," the face of their parent stars to investigate stellar "spottiness." The new technique, called the "StarryStarryProcess," ...

Astronomers using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope have captured direct images of four planets in a star system 130 light years from Earth — an astonishingly eagle-eyed feat of cosmic photography ...