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Webb's Picture of the Month Features Two Planet-Forming Disks and a Possible Planet

Two images of protoplanetary disks side-by-side. The left image shows a dark horizontal band covering the star, with broad, colorful, conical outflows above and below it, and a nar...

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This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed a cloudy morning dissipating to leave a clear sky by dusk on a distant hot Jupiter.

2 bright planets light up April evenings — here's where and when to look

Venus and Jupiter dominate April's evening sky, while Mercury, Mars and Saturn linger in the dawn — here's how and when to spot them all.

The moon shines with a swarm of stars on May 21 as Jupiter, Venus and Mercury line-up nearby

The moon glows with the Beehive Cluster on May 21, as a trio of planets form up in the evening sky.

Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026

The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Lost in the Star Clouds — A Milky Way Odyssey

I share my "discovery" of a new Milky Way star cloud that's been staring at me for ages. The post Lost in the Star Clouds — A Milky Way Odyssey appeared first on Sky & Telescop...

Welcome to the Gas Giant Planet Where Clouds Turn to Stone

Welcome to WASP 94A b, where clouds made of rock melt every morning like the June gloom in Southern California. Powered by the James Webb Space Telescope, humanity’s study of exopl...

How to spot three bright planets and a major meteor shower this week

The images captured by the crew onboard the Orion capsule have certainly left an impression that captures the memories of an epic journey. 

Hubble Capture a Starry Spiral Cosmic Neighbor

A spiral galaxy seen close up and tilted at an angle, so that its disc fills the view from corner to corner. Its disc is yellow near to the centre and pale blue farther out, showin...

Giant 'forbidden planet' orbiting small star shows an unusually low-metal atmosphere

Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with fewer heavier elements than its host star. University o...

JWST sees partly cloudy skies on a distant, giant exoplanet

An out-of-this-world weather report from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals how clouds move across a giant planet hundreds of light-years from Earth

Explore the Night Sky with OsmAnd Astronomy

Far from city lights, the sky looks different. In the Namib Desert, darkness comes quickly and the stars appear all at once, filling the entire horizon. At first, it feels simple....

See Jupiter glow beside the waxing moon after sunset on May 20

The moon dances with the king of the planets, with the horizon as their stage.

Someone built a map of the stars from Project Hail Mary, and it’s shockingly good

A developer used ESA's GAIA DR3 dataset, which maps 1.8 billion real stars, to recreate the Project Hail Mary star map. It's accurate, interactive, and completely free to explore.

New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars

See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May's new moon.

Where's the Dividing Line Between A Star and A Planet? Ask the JWST.

It's obvious that Earth is a planet. It's obvious that the Sun is a star. But for substellar objects like brown dwarfs, it's not so clear. Researchers are using the JWST to find a...

NASA TESS Reveals Epic All-Sky Map of Distant Worlds

You’re on a camping trip with your family and your parents tell you to turn off all the lights. But, of course, your little brother wants to shine his flashlight directly at the sk...

Webb eyes a pair of planet-forming disks

This month's NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars—with some potential planets thrown in as well. This visual hi...

Release of the exoplanet database EXOKYOTO3D and announcement of the extended version EXOKYOTO4D

New exoplanet database visualizes planets in 3D star maps, simulates surface views, and estimates environments, with a time-enabled 4D version coming soon.

4 bright stars form a giant 'diamond' in the May night sky: Here's how to find it

Look for the Great Diamond of Spring in May's night sky and discover the rich realm of galaxies within.

JWST Studies a Dark and Airless Super-Earth

There's a planet out there called LHS 3844 b, orbiting a star about 48 light-years away. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found it in 2018 when the planet transited...

Cosmic crystal ball reveals an ancient dying star | Space photo of the day for May 22, 2026

A breathtaking new image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, the remains of a dying star found in the constellation Taurus.

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Speeding up, slowing down, capturing amazing views, making discoveries — all thanks to planets.