This Alien Planet Has Rock Clouds That Vaporize Before Sunset
Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellation. Clouds build as air flows over…
Webb Telescope Detects Cloudy Mornings And Clear Nights On Alien World
Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellation. Clouds build as air flows over…
James Webb Space Telescope Spots an Early Galaxy with an Odd Feature That’s Defying Expectations
Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have led to the surprising discovery that an ancient, distant…
JWST Identifies LAP1-B as the Most Chemically Primitive Galaxy on Record: Chemistry of Universe’s First Stars
A tiny galaxy observed just 800 million years after the Big Bang has yielded the strongest observational evidence…
James Webb Telescope Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Cosmic Web in Stunning Detail
A slice through the COSMOS-Web cosmic-web map, showing galaxies across nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history. The…
The universe is significantly older than previously thought, astronomers find
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope have been causing trouble for the standard story of cosmic…
Scientists confirm Uranus’s outer ring is made of water ice
Scientists have confirmed that one of Uranus’s faint outer rings is made up primarily of water ice. Professor…
Astronomers Stunned by Ancient Galaxy With No Spin
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive galaxy from the early universe that appears…
Webb Space Telescope Reveals Rare Planet Pair That Shouldn’t Exist
The planetary odd couple of a mini-Neptune and hot Jupiter probably formed out beyond its star’s “frostline,” in…
Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang
Far back in cosmic time, one small red object is refusing to behave. Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700…
James Webb telescope shows hellish, airless exoplanet 49 light-years away
WASHINGTON, May 8 — Astronomers have gotten their clearest look yet at the surface of an exoplanet —…
NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye
There’s a fresh twist in the mystery of the “little red dots.” Astronomers say they’ve found a new specimen,…