First rocky planet with an atmosphere located in the habitable zone of a star 49 light-years away
A rocky planet 49 light-years from Earth appears to have retained an atmosphere despite orbiting a red dwarf…
NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving us new insight into the far-future of solar systems like our…
JWST finds rare planet with different atmospheric conditions at dawn and dusk
WASP-121 b is split between extremes. One side faces its star nonstop and burns at about 2,770 Kelvin.…
Helio and You: Seasons on Earth, Mars, and Beyond
Earth has four seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter. Other planets (including Jupiter and the other giant…
NASA Webb, Hubble Share Most Comprehensive View of Saturn to Date
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have teamed up to capture new views of Saturn,…
NASA’s Webb Observes Exoplanet Whose Composition Defies Explanation
Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our…
NASA’s James Webb Telescope maps 400-light-year-distant planet in 3D, revealing heat so extreme it breaks water apart
An artistic depiction of the WASP-18b exoplanet (Image source: NASA) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has mapped the…