‘Ultrahot Jupiter’ 858 light-years away has two tails extending millions of kilometres — What are they?
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a “hot Jupiter” planet with two long tails made of…
3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass Stars
The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS showed that significant numbers of interstellar objects populate interstellar space. Their…
Webb Discovers Exomoon-Forming Circumplanetary Disk around Gas-Giant Exoplanet
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found the carbon-rich disk surrounding CT Cha b, a…
Webb Detects Complex Structures in Upper Atmosphere of Saturn
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope have detected a series of dark, bead-like and asymmetric star-shaped…
Molten droplets in meteorites help date Jupiter’s planetary birth
For the first time, researchers have dated the formation of Jupiter by studying tiny, bead-like spheres found preserved…