Cloudy With a Chance of Molten Iron The scientific instruments on board NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are so sensitive, ...
Scientists used Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to monitor light from the WASP-43 system every 10 seconds for more than ...
Now we have evidence from outside our Solar System that one particularly strange exoplanet might even be displaying something ...
Credit: Shang-Min Tsai/UCR The JWST is astronomers’ best tool for probing exoplanet atmospheres. Its capable instruments can dissect the light passing through a distant world’s atmosphere and ...
Reports of life signs detected in the atmosphere of the potential ocean world K2-18 b may have been premature.
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b reveal that the hot gas giant is tidally locked, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's possible detection of biological chemicals on the exoplanet K2-18b may just have been ...
K2-18b, located about 120 light years away from Earth, is an exoplanet that receives a similar amount of solar radiation as Earth, making it a candidate for supporting life. Unlike Earth’s ...
Exoplanet, K2-18b, raised several eyebrows with both the scientific community and the public in 2023 when NASA’s James Webb ...
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope have modeled the weather on a distant exoplanet, revealing winds whipping around ...
In a study recently published in Nature Astronomy, the researchers detail how they tested the unparalleled capabilities of Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and observed the entire orbit of ...
Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked ...