Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just gave a cosmic mystery a serious plot twist. The event in question—a ...

Scientists thought they saw a distant star swallow a planet for the first time ever. But new observations from the James Webb ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its ...

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

One of the great mysteries that humanity has been pursuing since time immemorial is whether there is life beyond our planetary frontier. Many people are tirelessly investigating th ...

Is the Best Time to Spot Mercury . In the early morning, Mercury will rise before the Sun and hang low in the east close to ...

Venus, Saturn and the moon will form a triple conjunction, appearing to look like a smiley face in a sky. Here's how and when ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has performed 'post-mortem' of a cosmic scene after a planet was swallowed by the star it was ...

The end was quite dramatic, as evidenced by the aftermath documented by Webb. The orbiting telescope, which was launched in 2021 and became operational in 2022, observed hot gas likely forming a ring ...

It was once thought that when an aging star engulfed a planet it would be a dramatic event. Now, the Webb telescope has ...