An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density "super-puff" planets has at least one more planet, according ...
Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) ...
"If trying to explain how three super puffs formed in one system wasn’t challenging enough, now we have to explain a fourth ...
A new discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a new planet in the Kepler-51 system. The Kepler-51 ...
Astronomers discover a fourth planet in Kepler-51, challenging planetary formation theories with new questions.
The team was shocked when Kepler-51d appeared to cross the face of its parent star, or make a transit, two hours ahead of schedule. Transits are useful to astronomers because when starlight ...
The research team set out to study Kepler-51d, the third planet in the system, with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) but almost missed their chance when the planet unexpectedly passed in ...