The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a major step forward in astronomy by performing the first direct exoplanet surface study. Instead of analyzing atmospheres, scientists examined heat emitted ...

A rocky planet nearly 50 light-years away appears to be airless, dark, and covered in volcanic or weathered rock, according to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. This is the first ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a group of scientists has gotten the best-ever look at a distant planet’s surface. Astronomers have found thousands of worlds in faraway star systems, ...