For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.
The JWST has spotted the presence of carbon dioxide on HR 8799’s four known planets, part of a system astronomers use to ...
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...
Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...
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 ...
New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...
This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...