Webb telescope observations hint that a scorching rocky exoplanet may hold a thick atmosphere above molten rock, defying ...

Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet ...

TOI-561 b is about 1.4 times the size of Earth and completes one orbit around its star in less than 11 hours, placing it in ...

In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, sent lava fountains spewing into the air, obliterating a U.S.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted something that should not survive in one of the harshest environments imaginable: ...

For decades, astronomers assumed that small, rocky planets in precarious proximity to their stars were destined to be barren, ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

The sheer height and hexagonal rock pattern make Gilbert Hill not just a geological wonder, but also an irreplaceable ...

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea—one of Earth’s most active volcanoes—is bringing the drama. On December 6 lava fountains in the Halema‘uma‘u crater at the shield volcano’s summit spewed more than 1,000 feet into the ...

Rainbow Waterfall, or Waiānuenue, on Hawai'i's Big Island is a natural wonder formed by volcanic activity and the erosive ...