The planet "splashed down" into the star, sending a giant plume of gas into space that gave the star a ring. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been studying the scene of a dramatic ...

Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from around the world compete ...

Our vast expanse of outer space provides endless star, moon, and planet gazing opportunities that truly define the term ...

In the vast theater of space, astronomers have uncovered a tale of cosmic destruction unlike any other. The James Webb Space ...

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

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed that the first star believed to have swallowed a planet did not expand to ...

In 2023, scientists discovered a star nearing the end of its life had swelled and absorbed a planet that is likely about the size of Jupiter. open image in gallery NASA’s James Webb Space ...

Meanwhile, Mars continues to cavort with the twin stars of Gemini ... If you get a great photo of any of the planets and would like to share it with Space.com's readers, send your photo(s ...

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system ... classified either as “free-floating planets,” which form inside a star system, but are thrown out by the gravitational force ...

There's a class of objects in the cosmos that are neither stars, nor are they quite planets. Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects ...