James Webb Space Telescope reveals a planet's death plunge into its star, challenging previous theories and shedding light on how giant planets may spiral inward and perish.

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just gave a cosmic mystery a serious plot twist. The event in question—a ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals that planets may spiral into their stars, rather than being swallowed by expanding red ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide on planets outside of our solar ...

The end was quite dramatic, as evidenced by the aftermath documented by Webb. The orbiting telescope, which was launched in 2021 and became operational in 2022, observed hot gas likely forming a ring ...

NASA says observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a surprising new twist in the study of a star believed to have engulfed a planet. The latest data suggests that instead of the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about a planet's dramatic end. Previously, scientists thought the planet was swallowed when its star expanded. But new data shows the planet ...

The photo at left is an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined ...

It was once thought that when an aging star engulfed a planet it would be a dramatic event. Now, the Webb telescope has ...

NASA’s James Webb telescope has made the first-known observation of a planet swallowed up by a star, with “surprising” results, scientists say.