Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, combined with prior observations ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered evidence of a carbon-rich atmosphere around the hellish world 55 Cancri e. This marks the best evidence yet of an atmosphere around ...
Observations made in November 2023 with the coronagraph on the JWST MIRI instrument have not only detected and measured the mid-infrared intensity of the four young giant planets orbiting the star ...
In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected the strongest evidence to date for the existence of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet, 55 Cancri e. This ...
Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, combined with prior ...
A lot of people are focused on signs of alien life, but the space telescope will have a lot to say about exoplanet geology and formation.
Astronomers have detected a thick atmosphere around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, according to new research published on Wednesday. The so-called "super Earth ...
A surprisingly low amount of methane and a super-sized core hide within the cotton candy–like planet. Artist’s concept of WASP-107 b, a warm Neptune exoplanet about 200 light-years away. Image: ...
An artist’s conception of a violent flare erupting from the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. Such flares can obliterate atmospheres of nearby planets. Credit: NRAO/S. Dagnello. As we discover ...