First discoveries from new Subaru Telescope program reveal massive planet and brown dwarf

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.
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Webb Telescope captures exoplanet dramatically shedding its atmosphere in real time

Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...

This Space Telescope’s Entire Job Is to Search For Signs of Life On 20 Distant Planets

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...
Subaru Telescope

First Results from the Subaru Telescope's OASIS Survey: Direct Imaging of New Worlds Around Unexplored Stars

The discovery of two remarkable substellar companions orbiting distant stars has been announced by an international team of ...

First of Its Kind: Webb Telescope Spots a Planet Losing Its Atmosphere

Using the JWST, an international team featuring UNIGE scientists has detected enormous clouds of helium streaming away from ...

Did JWST find an exomoon or a starspot?

Searching for exomoons—moons that orbit around another planet—was one of the most exciting capabilities expected of the James ...
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If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope might actually find it

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there, waiting to ...