The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...
The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
The article envisions the solar system forming a cricket team with each planet embodying unique player characteristics. From ...
This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...
Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...
“If you have these huge planets acting like bowling balls running through your solar system, they can either really disrupt, protect, or do a little bit of both to planets like ours, so ...
For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...