NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an…
NASA’s Roman Launch Preparations Proceed
With less than two months until the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, engineers at NASA’s…
NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way
For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant…
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…
This Is the Most Detailed Image Yet of the Milky Way’s Center
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever…
The Largest, Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way’s ‘Heart’ Shows 60 Million Stars
Euclid’s capture of our galaxy’s bulge. Credit: ESA Euclid has taken the largest and most detailed photo ever…
NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found
Data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant worlds so…
James Webb Space Telescope Finds a Hot Jupiter Roasting on a 111-Day Skewer
Comparison of best-fit size of the exoplanet HD 80606 b with Jupiter. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Jupiter’s cloud tops hover around –145°C.…
NASA’s Webb Catches Exoplanet Getting Roasted
One well-done gas giant, coming right up! That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s…
Atmospheric asymmetries in WASP-121 b revealed by rotational transits detected with JWST
Observations and data reductionsJWST/NIRSpec G395H observations The JWST observed the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121 b starting 145 min before the…
Scientists Say Supermassive Black Holes Could Be Surrounded by Millions of Planets
Artist’s rendition of a supermassive black hole. Credit: WikiMedia Commons At the center of most large galaxies sits…
NASA’s $4 Billion Roman Space Telescope Heads To Florida For Launch
WFIRST, shown here in an artist’s rendering, will carry a Wide Field Instrument to provide astronomers with Hubble-quality…