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.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a planet's death plunge into a star caused by the gradual erosion of the alien ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

New observations by the James ... Venus, and maybe even Earth. During this phase, a star blows off its outer layers, leaving just a core behind - a stellar remnant called a white dwarf. Webb's ...